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Atlantic Power (TSX:ATP) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.61 (As of Mar. 2021)


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What is Atlantic Power Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Atlantic Power's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was C$116.4 Mil. Atlantic Power's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was C$573.8 Mil. Atlantic Power's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was C$149.8 Mil. Atlantic Power's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was 4.61.

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 Atlantic Power's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:ATP's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry.
Industry Median: 4.45
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Atlantic Power Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Atlantic Power'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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Atlantic Power Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Atlantic Power Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.60 18.79 4.00 8.44 3.73

Atlantic Power Quarterly Data
Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21
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 2.87 6.44 3.13 4.46 4.61

Competitive Comparison of Atlantic Power's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, Atlantic Power'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.


Atlantic Power's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Atlantic Power's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Atlantic Power Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Atlantic Power's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(125.016 + 603.688) / 195.465
=3.73

Atlantic Power's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(116.389 + 573.775) / 149.824
=4.61

* 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 four times the quarterly (Mar. 2021) EBITDA data.


Atlantic Power  (TSX:ATP) 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.


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Atlantic Power (TSX:ATP) Business Description

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Address
3 Allied Drive, Suite 155, Dedham, MA, USA, 02026
Atlantic Power Corp is an independent power producer that owns power generation assets in the United States and Canada. Its power generation projects, which are diversified by geography, fuel type, dispatch profile, and offtaker, sell electricity to utilities and other large customers predominantly under long-term power purchase agreements, which seek to minimize exposure to changes in commodity prices. It has four reportable segments: Solid Fuel, Natural Gas, Hydroelectric and Corporate. A vast majority of the revenues are generated from the natural gas segment.

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