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TOP Ships (TOP Ships) Debt-to-EBITDA : 11.40 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is TOP Ships Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

TOP Ships's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $26.40 Mil. TOP Ships's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $234.44 Mil. TOP Ships's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $22.89 Mil. TOP Ships's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 11.40.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for TOP Ships's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TOPS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.45   Med: 8.69   Max: 27.94
Current: 9.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of TOP Ships was 27.94. The lowest was -3.45. And the median was 8.69.

TOPS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
93.33% of 720 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.735 vs TOPS: 9.40

TOP Ships Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for TOP Ships's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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TOP Ships Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

TOP Ships Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.58 12.67 6.07 4.97 5.08

TOP Ships Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.01 8.80 8.63 7.68 11.40

Competitive Comparison of TOP Ships's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, TOP Ships's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


TOP Ships's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, TOP Ships's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where TOP Ships's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



TOP Ships Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

TOP Ships's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(26.398 + 234.437) / 51.326
=5.08

TOP Ships's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(26.398 + 234.437) / 22.886
=11.40

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


TOP Ships  (AMEX:TOPS) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


TOP Ships Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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TOP Ships (TOP Ships) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Vasilisis Sofias and Megalou Alexandrou Street, Maroussi, GRC, 15124
TOP Ships Inc owns tanker vessels throughout the world. The company focuses on the transportation of petroleum products (clean and dirty) and bulk liquid chemicals. It generates revenue from the Time Charter agreements.
Executives
Ronin Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 350 N. ORLEANS, SUITE 2N, CHICAGO IL 60654

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