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UP (Wheels Up Experience) Debt-to-EBITDA : -2.12 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Wheels Up Experience Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Wheels Up Experience's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $45.7 Mil. Wheels Up Experience's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $427.1 Mil. Wheels Up Experience's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $-223.5 Mil. Wheels Up Experience's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was -2.12.

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 Wheels Up Experience's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

UP' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -72.89   Med: -0.87   Max: -0.76
Current: -2.18

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Wheels Up Experience was -0.76. The lowest was -72.89. And the median was -0.87.

UP's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 853 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.54 vs UP: -2.18

Wheels Up Experience Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wheels Up Experience'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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Wheels Up Experience Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Wheels Up Experience Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -72.89 -0.86 -0.76 -0.87 -2.18

Wheels Up Experience Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 -1.60 -1.17 -1.13 -2.50 -2.12

Competitive Comparison of Wheels Up Experience's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Airports & Air Services subindustry, Wheels Up Experience'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.


Wheels Up Experience's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Wheels Up Experience's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Wheels Up Experience Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Wheels Up Experience's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(45.701 + 427.118) / -216.511
=-2.18

Wheels Up Experience's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(45.701 + 427.118) / -223.524
=-2.12

* 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 (Dec. 2024) EBITDA data.


Wheels Up Experience  (NYSE:UP) 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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Wheels Up Experience Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
2135 American Way, Chamblee, GA, USA, 30341
Wheels Up Experience Inc is a provider of on-demand private aviation in the United States. It is pioneering data and technology-driven solutions that connect consumers to safety-vetted and verified private aircraft. It connects private flyers to aircraft, and one another, through an open platform that enables life's most important experiences. Its offering is delivered through a mix of programmatic and charter options that strategically utilize its owned and leased aircraft fleet and an "asset-light" charter model to deliver a greater range of global travel alternatives. The company operates in a single operating and reportable segment, private aviation services. Geographically the company generates the majority of its revenue from the United States.
Executives
Mark Briffa officer: Chief Commercial Officer 601 WEST 26TH ST. SUITE 900, NEW YORK NY 10001
Donald Lee Moak director 601 WEST 26TH STREET, SUITE 900, NEW YORK NY 10001
Laura Heltebran officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O WHEELS UP EXPERIENCE INC., 601 WEST 26TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Knighthead Opportunities Capital Management, Llc 10 percent owner 280 PARK AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR EAST, NEW YORK NY 10017
Andrew Stephen Davis director 500 OLD DOMINION WAY, THOMASVILLE NC 27360
Certares Opportunities Llc 10 percent owner 350 MADISON AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Adam Ross Zirkin director 280 PARK AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR EAST, NEW YORK NY 10017
Jeffrey Nedelman director 8501 WILLIAMS ROAD, ESTERO FL 33928
Alain Bellemare director C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., DEPT. 981, P.O. BOX 20574, ATLANTA GA 30320
Cantor Adam Corey director 280 PARK AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR EAST, NEW YORK NY 10017
Ck Wheels Llc 10 percent owner 280 PARK AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR EAST, NEW YORK NY 10017
George N Mattson director C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., P.O. BOX 20574, DEPT. 981, ATLANTA GA 30320
Ck Opportunities Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 280 PARK AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR EAST, NEW YORK NY 10017
Zachary George Lazar director 350 MADISON AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Daniel C. Janki director 5020 WESTON PARKWAY, SUITE 400, CARY NC 27513