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Echo Energy (LSE:ECHO) Debt-to-EBITDA : -3.92 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Echo Energy Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Echo Energy's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was £0.00 Mil. Echo Energy's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was £4.23 Mil. Echo Energy's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was £-1.08 Mil. Echo Energy's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was -3.92.

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

LSE:ECHO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -13.87   Med: -2.39   Max: 52.77
Current: -13.87

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Echo Energy was 52.77. The lowest was -13.87. And the median was -2.39.

LSE:ECHO's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 719 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.73 vs LSE:ECHO: -13.87

Echo Energy Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Echo Energy'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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Echo Energy Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Echo Energy Annual Data
Trend Sep12 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.72 -3.77 -3.59 8.55 52.77

Echo Energy Semi-Annual Data
Mar13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
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 11.51 6.72 -76.38 9.54 -3.92

Competitive Comparison of Echo Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Oil & Gas Integrated subindustry, Echo Energy'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.


Echo Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Echo Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Echo Energy Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Echo Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 4.485) / 0.085
=52.76

Echo Energy's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 4.23) / -1.08
=-3.92

* 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 two times the quarterly (Jun. 2023) EBITDA data.


Echo Energy  (LSE:ECHO) 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.


Echo Energy Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Echo Energy (LSE:ECHO) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London, GBR, W1W 7LT
Echo Energy PLC is the holding company for a group of companies engaged in the exploration, appraisal, and development of oil and natural gas producing assets. It focuses on the development of assets in the Central and Southern American geographies.

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