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Ovintiv (Ovintiv) Debt-to-EBITDA

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

Ovintiv's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $378 Mil. Ovintiv's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,305 Mil. Ovintiv's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,916 Mil. Ovintiv's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.97.

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

OVV' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.01   Med: 1.38   Max: 3.04
Current: 1.42

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Ovintiv was 3.04. The lowest was -16.01. And the median was 1.38.

OVV's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
57.88% of 717 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.73 vs OVV: 1.42

Ovintiv Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ovintiv'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.

* Premium members only.

Ovintiv 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 3.04 -2.27 2.09 0.90 1.43

Ovintiv 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 0.77 1.12 1.89 1.80 0.97

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Ovintiv'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.


Ovintiv Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Ovintiv's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ovintiv Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Ovintiv'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
=(378 + 6305) / 4690
=1.42

Ovintiv'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
=(378 + 6305) / 6916
=0.97

* 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.


Ovintiv  (NYSE:OVV) 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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Ovintiv (Ovintiv) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
370 - 17th Street, Suite 1700, Denver, CO, USA, 80202
Ovintiv is an independent oil and gas producer with key assets in the Permian, Eagle Ford, Montney, and Duvernay areas. At the end of 2019, the company reported net proven reserves of 1,348 million barrels of oil equivalent. Net production averaged 543 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2020 at a ratio of 53% oil and natural gas liquids and 47% natural gas.
Executives
Meghan Nicole Eilers officer: EVP, GC & Corporate Secretary 4 WATERWAY SQUARE PLACE, SUITE 100, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Steven W Nance director 130 EAST RANDOLPH DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
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Katherine Lucas Minyard director 370 17TH STREET, SUITE 1700, DENVER CO 80202
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Joanne Linette Alexander officer: EVP, General Counsel & CorpSec 500 CENTRE STREET SE, CALGARY A0 T2P 2S5
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Rachel Maureen Moore officer: EVP, Corporate Services C/O 500 CENTRE STREET SE, CALGARY A0 T2P 2S5
Douglas James Suttles director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 500 CENTRE STREET SE, CALGARY A0 T2P 2S5
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