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The AES (The AES) Debt-to-EBITDA

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

The AES's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,132.00 Mil. The AES's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $22,746.00 Mil. The AES's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $264.00 Mil. The AES's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 101.81.

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

AESC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.73   Med: 7.09   Max: 20.71
Current: 10.54

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of The AES was 20.71. The lowest was 4.73. And the median was 7.09.

AESC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
89.57% of 460 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.515 vs AESC: 10.54

The AES Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for The AES'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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The AES Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.52 7.66 20.71 11.74 10.54

The AES 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -17.64 7.15 11.23 6.67 101.81

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, The AES'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.


The AES Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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



The AES Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

The AES'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
=(4132 + 22746) / 2551
=10.54

The AES'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
=(4132 + 22746) / 264
=101.81

* 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.


The AES  (NYSE:AESC) 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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The AES (The AES) Business Description

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Address
4300 Wilson Boulevard, 11th Floor, Arlington, VA, USA, 22203
AES is a global power company. Its current generation portfolio as of year-end 2022 consists of over 32 gigawatts of generation including renewable energy (46%), gas (32%), coal (20%), and oil (2%). AES has majority ownership and operates six electric utilities distributing power to 2.6 million customers.

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