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Union Pacific (BSP:UPAC34) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.75 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Union Pacific Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Union Pacific's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$8,712 Mil. Union Pacific's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$158,758 Mil. Union Pacific's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$60,836 Mil. Union Pacific's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.75.

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

BSP:UPAC34' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.06   Med: 2.26   Max: 2.87
Current: 2.87

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Union Pacific was 2.87. The lowest was 1.06. And the median was 2.26.

BSP:UPAC34's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
51.18% of 848 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.845 vs BSP:UPAC34: 2.87

Union Pacific Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Union Pacific'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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Union Pacific Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Union Pacific 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 2.46 2.74 2.66 2.78 2.87

Union Pacific 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 2.84 2.90 3.03 3.01 2.75

Competitive Comparison of Union Pacific's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Railroads subindustry, Union Pacific'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.


Union Pacific's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

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



Union Pacific Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Union Pacific'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
=(8711.844 + 158758.42) / 58263.522
=2.87

Union Pacific'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
=(8711.844 + 158758.42) / 60835.916
=2.75

* 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.


Union Pacific  (BSP:UPAC34) 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.


Union Pacific Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Union Pacific (BSP:UPAC34) Business Description

Address
1400 Douglas Street, Omaha, NE, USA, 68179
Omaha, Nebraska-based Union Pacific is the largest public railroad in North America. Operating on more than 30,000 miles of track in the western two thirds of the U.S., UP generated $25 billion of revenue in 2022 by hauling coal, industrial products, intermodal containers, agriculture goods, chemicals, and automotive goods. UP owns about one fourth of Mexican railroad Ferromex and derives roughly 10% of its revenue hauling freight to and from Mexico.

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