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Valener (TSX:VNR.PR.A.PFD) Debt-to-EBITDA : -20.70 (As of Jun. 2019)


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What is Valener Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Valener's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was C$0.00 Mil. Valener's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was C$78.58 Mil. Valener's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was C$-3.80 Mil. Valener's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was -20.70.

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

TSX:VNR.PR.A.PFD' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.98   Med: 1.37   Max: 3.69
Current: 0.98

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Valener was 3.69. The lowest was 0.98. And the median was 1.37.

TSX:VNR.PR.A.PFD's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Utilities - Regulated industry.
Industry Median: 3.53 vs TSX:VNR.PR.A.PFD: 0.98

Valener Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Valener'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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Valener Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Valener Annual Data
Trend Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.38 2.29 1.11 1.44 1.29

Valener Quarterly Data
Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19
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 10.06 -13.83 0.58 0.44 -20.70

Competitive Comparison of Valener's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Valener'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.


Valener's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Valener's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Valener Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Valener's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 85.867) / 66.635
=1.29

Valener's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 78.581) / -3.796
=-20.70

* 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 (Jun. 2019) EBITDA data.


Valener  (TSX:VNR.PR.A.PFD) 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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Valener (TSX:VNR.PR.A.PFD) Business Description

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Address
1717 du Havre Street, Montreal, QC, CAN, H2K 2X3
Valener Inc is an investment holding company engaged in the regulated energy business in the United States and Canada through Gaz Metro. Its core business operations involve natural gas distribution in Quebec and Vermont as well as electricity distribution in Vermont. The company through its subsidiaries holds the interest in wind farm business. It serves more than 200,000 customers in Quebec and over 310,000 customers in Vermont.

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