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Algonquin Power & Utilities (Algonquin Power & Utilities) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.46 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Algonquin Power & Utilities Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Algonquin Power & Utilities's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $622 Mil. Algonquin Power & Utilities's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7,894 Mil. Algonquin Power & Utilities's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,559 Mil. Algonquin Power & Utilities's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.46.

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 Algonquin Power & Utilities's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

AQN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.52   Med: 5.68   Max: 19.79
Current: 11.68

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Algonquin Power & Utilities was 19.79. The lowest was 3.52. And the median was 5.68.

AQN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
82.92% of 322 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 4.455 vs AQN: 11.68

Algonquin Power & Utilities Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Algonquin Power & Utilities'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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Algonquin Power & Utilities Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Algonquin Power & Utilities 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 3.85 3.52 8.04 19.79 11.85

Algonquin Power & Utilities 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 24.46 4.09 -18.13 -52.93 5.46

Competitive Comparison of Algonquin Power & Utilities's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Algonquin Power & Utilities'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.


Algonquin Power & Utilities's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Algonquin Power & Utilities's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Algonquin Power & Utilities's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Algonquin Power & Utilities Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Algonquin Power & Utilities'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
=(621.856 + 7894.174) / 718.929
=11.85

Algonquin Power & Utilities'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
=(621.856 + 7894.174) / 1558.712
=5.46

* 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.


Algonquin Power & Utilities  (NYSE:AQN) 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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Algonquin Power & Utilities (Algonquin Power & Utilities) Business Description

Address
354 Davis Road, Oakville, ON, CAN, L6J 2X1
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp, a parent company of Liberty, is a diversified international generation, transmission, and distribution utility with over $16 billion of total assets. Through its two business groups, the Regulated Services Group and the Renewable Energy Group, AQN is committed to providing safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable energy and water solutions through its portfolio of electric generation, transmission, and distribution utility investments to over one million customer connections, largely in the United States and Canada. AQN provides renewable energy through its portfolio of long-term contracted wind, solar, and hydroelectric generating facilities.

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