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Atlantic American (Atlantic American) Debt-to-EBITDA : -4.36 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Atlantic American Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Atlantic American's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.0 Mil. Atlantic American's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $33.7 Mil. Atlantic American's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-8.4 Mil. Atlantic American's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -4.36.

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

AAME' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.87   Med: 4.95   Max: 16.43
Current: 10.95

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Atlantic American was 16.43. The lowest was 1.87. And the median was 4.95.

AAME's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
94.86% of 292 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.49 vs AAME: 10.95

Atlantic American Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Atlantic American 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 12.41 1.87 4.39 7.24 10.95

Atlantic American 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 4.00 -10.44 2.88 2.92 -4.36

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

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Atlantic American'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 American's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Atlantic American's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Atlantic American Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Atlantic American'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
=(3.019 + 33.738) / 3.356
=10.95

Atlantic American'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
=(3.019 + 33.738) / -8.436
=-4.36

* 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.


Atlantic American  (NAS:AAME) 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.


Atlantic American Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Atlantic American (Atlantic American) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
4370 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA, USA, 30319
Atlantic American Corp operates in specialty markets within the life and health and property and casualty insurance industries. It provides property and casualty insurance including bodily injury and property damage liability coverage, uninsured motorist coverage, and physical damage coverage for commercial accounts. It also provides tailored business automobile insurance coverage, on a multi-year contract basis, to state governments and local municipalities. The company's life and health operations offer a variety of life and supplemental health products including ordinary and term life insurance, Medicare supplement, and other health insurance. It earns revenue from the collection of premiums and investment income.
Executives
Harriett J Robinson director, 10 percent owner, other: Trustee under Rule 16a-8
Bankers Fidelity Life Insurance Co other: Wholly owned subsidiary 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Jeffrey Ross Franklin officer: CFO 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Mark E. Preisinger director C/O ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORPORATION, 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, SUITE 200, ATLANTA GA 30319
D Keehln Wheeler director 3731 WIEUCA ROAD, ATLANTA GA 30342
William H Whaley director 3980 RANDALL MILL RD NW, ATLANTA GA 30327
Joseph M Scheerer director 41 PARK AVENUE, APARTMENT #8H, NEW YORK NY 10016
Samuel E Hudgins director
Edward E Elson director
Dom H Wyant director
J Mack Robinson 10 percent owner 4370 PEACHTREE RD, ATLANTA GA 30319
Robin Robinson Howell director 3656 TUXEDO ROAD NW, ATLANTA GA 30305
Sample John G Jr officer: Senior Vice President & CFO
Howell Hilton H Jr director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, N.E., ATLANTA GA 30319
Scott G Thompson director, officer: Pres & CEO Am. Sou. Ins. Co.

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