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Noble Group (Noble Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : 24.44 (As of Sep. 2018)


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What is Noble Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Noble Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $3,547 Mil. Noble Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $0 Mil. Noble Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $145 Mil. Noble Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was 24.44.

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

NOBGY's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Conglomerates industry.
Industry Median: 3.29
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Noble Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Noble 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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Noble Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Noble Group Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.97 6.16 -4.34 12.07 -1.00

Noble Group Quarterly Data
Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18
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 -2.00 -0.58 88.37 -23.59 24.44

Competitive Comparison of Noble Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Noble 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.


Noble Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Noble Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Noble Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Noble Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1568.401 + 2013.645) / -3601.73
=-0.99

Noble Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3547.255 + 0) / 145.144
=24.44

* 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 (Sep. 2018) EBITDA data.


Noble Group  (OTCPK:NOBGY) 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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Noble Group (Noble Group) Business Description

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Address
38 Gloucester Road, 18th Floor, Mass Mutual Tower, China Evergrande Centre, Hong Kong, HKG
Noble Group Ltd operates and manages supply chain focused on purchasing physical commodities and transforming these into customized products. The business consist of logistics and transportation, price risk management and hedging, commodity processing and blending, as well as structured and trade finance products. The company has two segments - namely, the Energy Segment, with combines the former Energy and Gas & Power segments and includes the Oil Liquids, Gas & Power and Energy Coal businesses; and the Metals, Minerals and Ores Segment, which combines the former Metals & Mining and Corporate segments and includes the Metals, Carbon Steel Materials and Logistics businesses.

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