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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (WBO:NCLH) Debt-to-EBITDA : 10.90 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,600 Mil. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €11,292 Mil. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,182 Mil. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.90.

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 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:NCLH' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -20.48   Med: 3.88   Max: 7.93
Current: 7.93

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings was 7.93. The lowest was -20.48. And the median was 3.88.

WBO:NCLH's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
81.13% of 620 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 2.855 vs WBO:NCLH: 7.93

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings'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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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings 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 3.71 -4.25 -7.45 -20.48 7.93

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 -38.55 15.45 7.18 4.56 10.90

Competitive Comparison of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Travel Services subindustry, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings'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.


Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings'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
=(1599.961 + 11292.073) / 1626.706
=7.93

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings'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
=(1599.961 + 11292.073) / 1182.352
=10.90

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings  (WBO:NCLH) 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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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (WBO:NCLH) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7665 Corporate Center Drive, Miami, FL, USA, 33126
Norwegian Cruise Line is the world's third-largest cruise company by berths (at more than 66,000), operating 31 ships across three brands (Norwegian, Oceania, and Regent Seven Seas), offering both freestyle and luxury cruising. The company had redeployed its entire fleet as of May 2022. With six passenger vessels on order among its brands through 2028 (representing 16,500 incremental berths), Norwegian is increasing capacity faster than its peers, expanding its brand globally. Norwegian sails to around 700 global destinations.