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Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.36 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $11,412 Mil. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $50,592 Mil. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $45,760 Mil. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.36.

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 Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

PBR' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.77   Med: 3.72   Max: 18.23
Current: 1.2

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras was 18.23. The lowest was 0.77. And the median was 3.72.

PBR's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
61.79% of 717 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.74 vs PBR: 1.20

Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras'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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Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras 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 2.60 4.45 1.31 0.77 1.20

Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras 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 0.94 0.91 1.17 1.24 1.36

Competitive Comparison of Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Oil & Gas Integrated subindustry, Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras'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.


Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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

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



Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras'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
=(11412.419 + 50592.218) / 51798.634
=1.20

Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras'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
=(11412.419 + 50592.218) / 45759.584
=1.36

* 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.


Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras  (NYSE:PBR) 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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Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras) Business Description

Address
Avenida Republica do Chile, 65, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRA, 20031-912
Petrobras is a Brazil-based integrated energy company controlled by the Brazilian government. The company focuses on exploration and production for oil and gas in Brazilian offshore fields. Production in 2022 was 2.7 million barrels of oil equivalent a day (80% oil production), and reserves stood at 10.5 billion boe (85% oil). At year-end 2022, Petrobras operated 11 refineries in Brazil with capacity of 1.9 million barrels a day and distributes refined products and natural gas throughout Brazil.