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Navigators Group (Navigators Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : 9.18 (As of Mar. 2019)


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What is Navigators Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Navigators Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was $0 Mil. Navigators Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was $264 Mil. Navigators Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was $29 Mil. Navigators Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was 9.18.

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

NAVG's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 1.43
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Navigators Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Navigators Group'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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Navigators Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Navigators Group Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.64 1.91 1.91 2.81 3.86

Navigators Group Quarterly Data
Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19
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 1.58 1.49 7.13 -2.44 9.18

Competitive Comparison of Navigators Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Navigators Group'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.


Navigators Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



Navigators Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Navigators Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 264.052) / 68.392
=3.86

Navigators Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 264.095) / 28.784
=9.18

* 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 (Mar. 2019) EBITDA data.


Navigators Group  (NAS:NAVG) 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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Navigators Group (Navigators Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
400 Atlantic Street, Stamford, CT, USA, 06901
Navigators Group is a property and casualty insurance company that operates multiple segments, including marine, property and casualty, and professional liabilities. Navigators splits these segments apart by region according to either United States exposure or international exposure. The vast majority of the company's revenue comes from its United States property and casualty business. Navigators distributes its products through a network of insurance brokers. The company considers merger and acquisition investment as a component of its operational growth strategy.
Executives
Meryl D Hartzband director C/O THE NAVIGATORS GROUP, INC., 400 ATLANTIC STREET, 8TH FLOOR, STAMFORD CT 06901
Patricia H Roberts director C/O THE NAVIGATORS GROUP, INC., 400 ATLANTIC STREET, 8TH FLOOR, STAMFORD CT 06901
Denise Lowsley officer: SVP, Chief HR Officer C/O THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC., 440 LINCOLN STREET, WORCESTER MA 01653
Loriann Lowery-biggers officer: SVP,Chief Marketing Officer BALDWIN & LYONS, INC. 111 CONGRESSIONAL BLVD. CARMEL IN 46032
Bruce J Byrnes officer: SVP & General Counsel 399 THORNAL STREET, EDISON NJ 08837
W Thomas Forrester director 6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD, MAYFIELD VILLAGE OH 44143