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Cadiz (CDZI) Debt-to-EBITDA : -3.03 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cadiz Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cadiz's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.31 Mil. Cadiz's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $60.91 Mil. Cadiz's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-20.18 Mil. Cadiz's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -3.03.

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

CDZI' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.17   Med: -7.6   Max: -2.5
Current: -2.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cadiz was -2.50. The lowest was -16.17. And the median was -7.60.

CDZI's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 460 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.535 vs CDZI: -2.50

Cadiz Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cadiz'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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Cadiz Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Cadiz 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 -13.02 -3.93 -3.39 -4.43 -2.50

Cadiz 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 -3.70 -1.66 -2.75 -2.89 -3.03

Competitive Comparison of Cadiz's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Cadiz'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.


Cadiz's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Cadiz's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cadiz Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cadiz'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
=(0.309 + 60.906) / -24.491
=-2.50

Cadiz'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
=(0.309 + 60.906) / -20.176
=-3.03

* 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.


Cadiz  (NAS:CDZI) 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.


Cadiz Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Cadiz (CDZI) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
550 South Hope Street, Suite 2850, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90071
Cadiz Inc is a land and water resource development company in California. Its primary business is to acquire and develop land with water resources for various uses, including groundwater supply, groundwater storage, and agriculture. The company focuses on the development of the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project which will capture and conserve native groundwater currently being lost to evaporation from the aquifer system beneath the property of Cadiz and Fenner valleys of eastern San Bernardino County, and deliver it to water providers throughout Southern California. The company operates in two segment- Land and Water Resources and ATEC Water Systems LLC.
Executives
Susan P Kennedy director 550 SOUTH HOPE STREET, SUITE 2850, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Winston H Hickox director C/O THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC., 515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET, 6TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Maria S. Dreyfus director 125 WEST 55TH STREET, 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Scott S Slater director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 550 SOUTH HOPE STREET, SUITE 2850, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Heerema International Group Services Sa 10 percent owner ROUTE DE FLORISSANT 81, GENEVE V8 1206
Kenneth T Lombard director 550 SOUTH HOPE STREET, SUITE 2850, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Richard Garcia Polanco director 550 SOUTH HOPE STREET, SUITE 2850, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Stephen E Courter director C/O CADIZ INC., 550 SOUTH HOPE STREET, 2850, LOS ANGELES X1 90071
Webb De Macias Carolyn D director 304 NORTH ALMANSOR STREET, ALHAMBRA CA 91801
Maria Echaveste director 1511 ARCH STREET, BERKELEY CA 94708
Odey Asset Management Llp 10 percent owner 18 UPPER BROOK STREET, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM X0 W1K 7PU
Odey Holdings Ltd 10 percent owner 18 UPPER BROOK STREET, LONDON X0 W1K 7PU
Odey Robin Crispin William 10 percent owner 18 UPPER BROOK STREET, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM X0 W1K 7PU
Odey Asset Management Group Ltd 10 percent owner 18 UPPER BROOK STREET, LONDON X0 W1K 7PU
Keith Brackpool director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 550 SOUTH HOPE STREET, SUITE 2850, LOS ANGELES CA 90071