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Sun Communities (Sun Communities) Debt-to-EBITDA : -9.84 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sun Communities Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sun Communities's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,065 Mil. Sun Communities's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,712 Mil. Sun Communities's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-790 Mil. Sun Communities's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -9.84.

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

SUI' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.06   Med: 6.42   Max: 10.08
Current: 10.04

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sun Communities was 10.08. The lowest was 5.06. And the median was 6.42.

SUI's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
67.91% of 511 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 7.15 vs SUI: 10.04

Sun Communities Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sun Communities'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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Sun Communities Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sun Communities 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 5.22 7.14 5.09 6.45 10.08

Sun Communities 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 7.95 9.11 5.56 4.43 -9.84

Competitive Comparison of Sun Communities's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the REIT - Residential subindustry, Sun Communities'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.


Sun Communities's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Sun Communities's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sun Communities Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sun Communities'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
=(2065.1 + 5712.2) / 771.6
=10.08

Sun Communities'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
=(2065.1 + 5712.2) / -790.4
=-9.84

* 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.


Sun Communities  (NYSE:SUI) 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.


Sun Communities Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Sun Communities (Sun Communities) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
27777 Franklin Road, Suite 200, Southfield, MI, USA, 48034
Sun Communities is a residential REIT that focuses on owning manufactured housing, residential vehicle communities, and marinas. The company currently owns a portfolio of 670 properties, which includes 353 manufactured housing communities, 182 residential vehicle communities, and 135 marina properties. Sun targets owning properties that are desirable as second homes or vacation properties with nearly 50% of the portfolio located in either Florida or Michigan near major bodies of water.
Executives
Baxter Underwood officer: CEO - Safe Harbor Marinas, LLC 14785 PRESTON RD, 9TH FLOOR, DALLAS TX 75254
Marc Farrugia officer: EVP & Chief Admin. Officer 27777 FRANKLIN RD., SUITE 200, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Jeff Blau director
Bruce Thelen officer: EVP 27777 FRANKLIN RD., STE. 200, SOUTHFIEL MI 48034
Clunet R Lewis director 27777 FRANKLIN ROAD, SUITE 200, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Fernando Castro-caratini officer: EVP, CFO, Sec. & Treas. 27777 FRANKLIN RD., SUITE 200, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
John Bandini Mclaren officer: EVP & CFO 27777 FRANKLIN ROAD, SUITE 200, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Stephanie W Bergeron director 27777 FRANKLIN ROAD, STE 200, SUN COMMUNITIES, INC, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Aaron Weiss officer: EVP, Corp. Strat. & Bus. Dev. 27777 FRANKLIN RD., SUITE 200, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Gary A Shiffman director, officer: Chrmn and CEO 27777 FRANKLIN ROAD, STE 200, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Karen Dearing officer: EVP, CFO, Sec. & Treasurer 27777 FRANKLIN ROAD, SUITE 200, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Tonya Allen director 2777 FRANKLIN RD., STE. 200, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Ronald A Klein director 235 EAST MAIN STREET, MIDLAND MI 48640
Jonathan Colman officer: EVP 27777 FRANKLIN ROAD, SUITE 200, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Brian M Hermelin director 2064 D STREET, BELLEVILLE MI 48111

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