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Carvana Co (Carvana Co) Debt-to-EBITDA : 37.26 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Carvana Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Carvana Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $857 Mil. Carvana Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,849 Mil. Carvana Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $180 Mil. Carvana Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 37.26.

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

CVNA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1154.8   Med: -3.07   Max: 5.79
Current: 5.79

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Carvana Co was 5.79. The lowest was -1154.80. And the median was -3.07.

CVNA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
83.04% of 1038 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 2.36 vs CVNA: 5.79

Carvana Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Carvana Co'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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Carvana Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Carvana Co 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 -6.65 -7.28 -1,154.80 -4.11 5.79

Carvana Co 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 -1.83 -62.15 14.95 1.58 37.26

Competitive Comparison of Carvana Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, Carvana Co'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.


Carvana Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Carvana Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Carvana Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Carvana Co'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
=(857 + 5849) / 1159
=5.79

Carvana Co'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
=(857 + 5849) / 180
=37.26

* 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.


Carvana Co  (NYSE:CVNA) 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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Carvana Co (Carvana Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
300 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, AZ, USA, 85281
Carvana Co is an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars. The company derives revenue from used vehicle sales, wholesale vehicle sales and other sales and revenues. The other sales and revenues include sales of loans originated and sold in securitization transactions or to financing partners, commissions received on VSCs and sales of GAP waiver coverage. The foundation of the business is retail vehicle unit sales. This drives the majority of the revenue and allows the company to capture additional revenue streams associated with financing, VSCs, auto insurance and GAP waiver coverage, as well as trade-in vehicles.
Executives
Paul W. Breaux officer: See Remarks 300 E RIO SALADO PKWY, TEMPE AZ 85281
Ecg Ii Spe, Llc 10 percent owner 1720 W. RIO SALADO PARKWAY, SUITE A, TEMPE AZ 85281
Thomas Taira officer: President, Special Projects 300 E RIO SALADO PKWY, TEMPE AZ 85281
Daniel J. Gill officer: Chief Product Officer 300 E RIO SALADO PKWY, TEMPE AZ 85281
Gregory B Sullivan director 1930 W. RIO SALADO PARKWAY, TEMPE AZ 85281
Ira J. Platt director 65 STURGES HWY, WESTPORT CT 06880
Michael E Maroone director 909 POINCIANA DRIVE, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33301
Garcia Ernest C Ii 10 percent owner 100 CRESCENT COURT, SUITE 1100, DALLAS TX 75201
Ryan S. Keeton officer: Chief Brand Officer 300 E RIO SALADO PKWY, TEMPE AZ 85281
J Danforth Quayle director 1930 W. RIO SALADO PARKWAY, TEMPE AZ 85281
Garcia Ernest C. Iii director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 300 E RIO SALADO PKWY, TEMPE AZ 85281
Benjamin E. Huston officer: Chief Operating Officer 300 E RIO SALADO PKWY, TEMPE AZ 85281
Mark W. Jenkins officer: Chief Financial Officer 300 E RIO SALADO PKWY, TEMPE AZ 85281
Stephen R Palmer officer: Vice President of Accounting 1930 W RIO SALADO PKWY, TEMPE AZ 85281
Neha Parikh director 1930 W. RIO SALADO PARKWAY, TEMPE AZ 85281