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Western Energy Services (TSX:WRG) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.90 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Western Energy Services Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Western Energy Services's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$3.8 Mil. Western Energy Services's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$111.1 Mil. Western Energy Services's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$60.6 Mil. Western Energy Services's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.90.

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 Western Energy Services's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:WRG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -95.34   Med: 2.2   Max: 24.26
Current: 2.77

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Western Energy Services was 24.26. The lowest was -95.34. And the median was 2.20.

TSX:WRG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
64.17% of 720 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.77 vs TSX:WRG: 2.77

Western Energy Services Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Western Energy Services'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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Western Energy Services Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Western Energy Services 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 -7.67 24.26 10.81 1.52 2.54

Western Energy Services Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 1.79 8.90 2.56 2.53 1.90

Competitive Comparison of Western Energy Services's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Oil & Gas Drilling subindustry, Western Energy Services'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.


Western Energy Services's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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

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



Western Energy Services Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Western Energy Services'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
=(4.047 + 111.174) / 45.341
=2.54

Western Energy Services's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.823 + 111.109) / 60.616
=1.90

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


Western Energy Services  (TSX:WRG) 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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Western Energy Services (TSX:WRG) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
215 - 9th Avenue SW, Suite 1700, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 1K3
Western Energy Services Corp operates as an oilfield service industry in Canada and the United States of America. The company functions its drilling services through two segments namely, Contract drilling and Production services. Its contract drilling segment is involved in drilling rigs with ancillary equipment as well as provides such services to crude oil and natural gas exploration and production companies. The production service segment includes well servicing rigs and related equipment, and oilfield rental equipment. It generates revenue mainly through its Contract drilling operation segment.
Executives
Sime Armoyan 10% Security Holder
Tomer Cohen Director

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