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QBE Insurance Group (QBE Insurance Group) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 1.03 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

QBE Insurance Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. QBE Insurance Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,087 Mil. QBE Insurance Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,000 Mil. QBE Insurance Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.03.

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

QBIEY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -9.18   Med: 2.48   Max: 3.01
Current: 1.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of QBE Insurance Group was 3.01. The lowest was -9.18. And the median was 2.48.

QBIEY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
51.89% of 291 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.49 vs QBIEY: 1.40

QBE Insurance Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for QBE Insurance 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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QBE Insurance Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 -2.94 2.98 2.39 1.40

QBE Insurance Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.31 4.66 1.62 2.32 1.03

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, QBE Insurance 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.


QBE Insurance Group Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, QBE Insurance Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



QBE Insurance Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

QBE Insurance Group'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
=(0 + 3087) / 2204
=1.40

QBE Insurance Group'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
=(0 + 3087) / 3000
=1.03

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


QBE Insurance Group  (OTCPK:QBIEY) 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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QBE Insurance Group (QBE Insurance Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
388 George Street, Level 18, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
QBE Insurance is an international property and casualty insurance company. It writes around 20% of its annual gross written premiums in its home region of Australia and New Zealand. Other key regions include North America and Europe. QBE Insurance offers a number of personal, commercial, and specialty lines, including property, auto insurance, agriculture, public/product liability, professional indemnity, workers compensation, marine, energy and aviation, and accident and health.