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InterContinental Hotels Group (InterContinental Hotels Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.01 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is InterContinental Hotels Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

InterContinental Hotels Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $629 Mil. InterContinental Hotels Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,963 Mil. InterContinental Hotels Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,194 Mil. InterContinental Hotels Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.01.

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

IHG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.03   Med: 3.12   Max: 136.03
Current: 2.81

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of InterContinental Hotels Group was 136.03. The lowest was 1.03. And the median was 3.12.

IHG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
50.81% of 620 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 2.885 vs IHG: 2.81

InterContinental Hotels Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for InterContinental Hotels 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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InterContinental Hotels Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

InterContinental Hotels Group 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 3.42 136.03 4.72 3.46 2.82

InterContinental Hotels Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 3.50 3.37 3.88 2.17 3.01

Competitive Comparison of InterContinental Hotels Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Lodging subindustry, InterContinental Hotels 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.


InterContinental Hotels Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, InterContinental Hotels Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



InterContinental Hotels Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

InterContinental Hotels Group'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
=(629 + 2963) / 1275
=2.82

InterContinental Hotels Group'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
=(629 + 2963) / 1194
=3.01

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


InterContinental Hotels Group  (NYSE:IHG) 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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InterContinental Hotels Group (InterContinental Hotels Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Windsor Dials, Arthur Road, Windsor, Berkshire, GBR, SL4 1RS
InterContinental Hotels Group operates 930,000 rooms across 18 brands addressing the midscale through luxury segments, as of Sept. 30, 2023. Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express constitute the largest brand, while Hotel Indigo, Even, Hualuxe, Kimpton, and Voco are newer lifestyle brands experiencing strong demand. The company launched a midscale brand, Avid, in summer 2017 and closed on a 51% stake in Regent Hotels in July 2018. It acquired Six Senses in February 2019 and launched another midscale brand, Garner, in 2023. Managed and franchised represent 99% of total rooms. As of Sept. 30, 2023, the Americas represents 56% of total rooms, with greater China accounting for 18%; Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa make up 26%.