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Nordic American Tankers (Nordic American Tankers) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.05 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Nordic American Tankers Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Nordic American Tankers's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $31.9 Mil. Nordic American Tankers's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $269.7 Mil. Nordic American Tankers's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $98.8 Mil. Nordic American Tankers's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.05.

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 Nordic American Tankers's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

NAT' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.02   Med: 2.79   Max: 151.15
Current: 2.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Nordic American Tankers was 151.15. The lowest was -5.02. And the median was 2.79.

NAT's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
58.07% of 849 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.83 vs NAT: 2.33

Nordic American Tankers Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nordic American Tankers'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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Nordic American Tankers Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Nordic American Tankers 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 4.56 2.46 -4.05 3.45 2.33

Nordic American Tankers 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 1.89 1.30 2.02 4.24 3.05

Competitive Comparison of Nordic American Tankers's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Nordic American Tankers'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.


Nordic American Tankers's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Nordic American Tankers's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nordic American Tankers Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Nordic American Tankers'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
=(31.898 + 269.697) / 129.209
=2.33

Nordic American Tankers'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
=(31.898 + 269.697) / 98.832
=3.05

* 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.


Nordic American Tankers  (NYSE:NAT) 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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Nordic American Tankers (Nordic American Tankers) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
26 Victoria Street, Swan Building, Hamilton, BMU, HM 12
Nordic American Tankers Ltd owns and operates double hull crude oil tankers. It is an international tanker company that owns double-hull Suezmax tankers. It operates vessels in the spot market or on spot market-related charters pursuant to cooperative arrangements with third parties. The company's fleet consists of crude oil tankers, and all of its vessels are employed in the spot market. The company has only one type of vessel - Suezmax crude oil tankers. It operates in markets that are very competitive and based mainly on supply and demand.