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National Research (National Research) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 0.70 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

National Research's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.2 Mil. National Research's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $29.5 Mil. National Research's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $52.7 Mil. National Research's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.70.

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

NRC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03   Med: 0.46   Max: 0.91
Current: 0.79

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of National Research was 0.91. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.46.

NRC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
73.75% of 419 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 2.57 vs NRC: 0.79

National Research Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for National Research'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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National Research 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 0.71 0.60 0.47 0.45 0.79

National Research 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 0.50 0.50 0.45 0.51 0.70

Competitive Comparison

For the Health Information Services subindustry, National Research'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.


National Research Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, National Research's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



National Research Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

National Research'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
=(7.214 + 29.47) / 46.723
=0.79

National Research'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
=(7.214 + 29.47) / 52.664
=0.70

* 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.


National Research  (NAS:NRC) 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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National Research (National Research) Business Description

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Address
1245 Q Street, Lincoln, NE, USA, 68508
National Research Corp is a provider of analytics and insights that facilitate measurement and improvement of the patient and employee experience while also increasing patient engagement and customer loyalty for healthcare providers, payers, and other healthcare organizations. Its portfolio of solutions represents a set of capabilities that individually and collectively provide value to clients. The solutions are offered at an enterprise level through the Voice of the Customer platform, The Governance Institute, and legacy Experience solutions. It operates in the United States and Canada, of which key revenue is derived from the United States.
Executives
Amandla Mk Trust 10 percent owner C/O THE BRYN MAWR TRUST COMPANY OF DELAW, 20 MONTCHANIN RD, SUITE 100, GREENVILLE DE 19807
Common Property Trust 10 percent owner 709 PIER 2, LINCOLN NE 68528
Parul Bhandari director 1775 I STREET NW, SUITE 910, WASHINGTON DC 20006
Stephen H Lockhart director C/O NATIONAL RESEARCH CORPORATION, 1245 Q STREET, LINCOLN NE 68508
Penny Ann Wheeler director C/O NATIONAL RESEARCH CORPORATION, 1245 Q STREET, LINCOLN NE 68508
Donald M Berwick director C/O NATIONAL RESEARCH CORPORATION, 1245 Q STREET, LINCOLN NE 68508
Jona S Raasch officer: Vice President and COO
Kevin R Karas officer: SVP Finance, CFO, Treas & Secy C/O NATIONAL RESEARCH CORPORATION, 1245 Q STREET, LINCOLN NE 68508
Michael & Karen Hays Grandchildren's Trust Dated March 9, 2009 10 percent owner C/O BESSEMER TRUST COMPANY OF DELAWARE, 1007 N. ORANGE ST., SUITE 1450, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Joann M Martin director 6221 ANDREW COURT, LINCOLN NE 68512
Helen Hrdy officer: Chief Growth Officer C/O NATIONAL RESEARCH CORPORATION, 1245 Q STREET, LINCOLN NE 68508
Steven D. Jackson officer: President C/O NATIONAL RESEARCH CORPORATION, 1245 Q STREET, LINCOLN NE 68508
John N Nunnelly director P.O. BOX 2175, AMHERST MA 01004
Barbara Mowry director P.O. BOX 103115, DENVER CO 80250
Michael Hays director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO C/O NATIONAL RESEARCH CORPORATION, 1245 Q STREET, LINCOLN NE 68508