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NeuStar (NeuStar) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.65 (As of Mar. 2017)


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What is NeuStar Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

NeuStar's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $90 Mil. NeuStar's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $643 Mil. NeuStar's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $445 Mil. NeuStar's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was 1.65.

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

NSR's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.88
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

NeuStar Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for NeuStar'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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NeuStar Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

NeuStar Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.59 1.64 2.05 2.71 1.80

NeuStar Quarterly Data
Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17
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 2.61 2.21 2.10 1.61 1.65

Competitive Comparison of NeuStar's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, NeuStar'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.


NeuStar's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, NeuStar's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



NeuStar Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

NeuStar's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(105.182 + 702.946) / 448.683
=1.80

NeuStar's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(89.689 + 642.75) / 445.248
=1.65

* 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 (Mar. 2017) EBITDA data.


NeuStar  (NYSE:NSR) 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.


NeuStar Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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NeuStar (NeuStar) Business Description

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NeuStar provides clearinghouse services to the telecom industry, making interoperability possible for competing communication service providers. It operates the authoritative directories containing all the phone area codes and numbers in North America, facilitates the routing of calls among competing providers, manages top-level Internet domain name services (.biz and . us), and administers U.S. common short codes (shorter phone numbers used for value-added services).
Executives
Hellene S Runtagh director 9 WETHERFIELD COURT, POTOMAC MD 20854
Paul Ballew director 21575 RIDGETOP CIRCLE, STERLING VA 20166
Mark N Greene director 901 MARQUETTE AVENUE, SUITE 3200, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Michael J Rowny director 5329 WOODLAWN AVENUE, CHEVY CHASE MD 20815
Paul S Lalljie officer: Senior Vice President and CFO 7900 HARKINS ROAD, LANHAM MD 20706
Henry Skorny officer: SVP, IOT 2601 ELLIOTT AVENUE, SUITE 1000, SEATTLE WA 98121
Ross K Ireland director 175 E HOUSTON ST ROOM 216, SAN ANTONIO TX 78205
Paul A Lacouture director 46000 CENTER OAK PLAZA, STERLING VA 20166
Deborah Rieman director ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Joel P Friedman director C/O ACCENTURE LEGAL & COMMERICAL GROUP, 23RD FL 161 N CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Lisa Hook director, officer: President and CEO NEUSTAR, INC. - C/O DENIS CURRAN, 46000 CENTER OAK PLAZA, STERLING VA 20166
James Cullen director 5301 STEVENS CREEK BLVD, MS 1A-LC, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Brian Foster officer: SVP, Information Services 21575 RIDGETOP CIRCLE STERLING VA 20166
Chang Gareth C C director C/O MALLINCKRODT GROUP INC, 7733 FORSYTH BLVD, ST LOUIS MO 63105
Matthew Levin officer: SVP, Business Affairs NEUSTAR, INC., 4600 CENTER OAK PLAZA, STERLING VA 20166

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