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Selective Insurance Group (Selective Insurance Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.74 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Selective Insurance Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Selective Insurance Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. Selective Insurance Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $504 Mil. Selective Insurance Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $683 Mil. Selective Insurance Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.74.

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

SIGI' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.86   Med: 1.35   Max: 1.56
Current: 0.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Selective Insurance Group was 1.56. The lowest was 0.86. And the median was 1.35.

SIGI's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
62.67% of 292 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.49 vs SIGI: 0.97

Selective Insurance Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Selective 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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Selective Insurance Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Selective Insurance Group 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 1.30 1.40 0.86 1.44 0.97

Selective Insurance Group 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 1.03 0.96 1.41 1.00 0.74

Competitive Comparison of Selective Insurance Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Selective 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.


Selective Insurance Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



Selective Insurance Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Selective 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 + 503.946) / 517.251
=0.97

Selective 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 + 503.946) / 683.104
=0.74

* 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.


Selective Insurance Group  (NAS:SIGI) 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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Selective Insurance Group (Selective Insurance Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
40 Wantage Avenue, Branchville, NJ, USA, 07890
Selective Insurance Group Inc is a regional property-casualty insurer based in New Jersey, with its operations focused in the New York metropolitan area. Since 1977, Selective has focused its sales efforts on small businesses, offering commercial products that include workers' compensation, general liability, property, and auto insurance. Selective also has a small personal insurance segment (under 20% of total premiums), selling auto and homeowner's coverage.
Executives
John J. Marchioni officer: EVP, Chief Field Ops Officer 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE X1 07890
Jeffrey F. Kamrowski officer: EVP, MUSIC 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Joseph Eppers officer: EVP, Chief Investment Officer 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Anthony D. Harnett officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Cynthia S Nicholson director 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Wole C Coaxum director 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Brenda M Hall officer: EVP, CL Chief Op Officer 40 WANTAGE AVE., BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Vincent M Senia officer: EVP, Chief Actuary 40 WANTAGE AVE., BRANCHVILLE NJ 07461
John Burville director ACE LTD, ACE BLDG 30 WOODBOURNE AVE HAMILTON BER
Michael J. Morrissey director 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE X1 07890
J Brian Thebault director 40 WANTAGE AVE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Gregory E Murphy director, officer: Chairman, Chief Executive Offi 40 WANTAGE AVE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Michael H Lanza officer: Sr. VP and General Counsel 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Paul Kush officer: EVP, Chief Claims Officer 40 WANTAGE AVE., BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
William M Rue director 40 WANTAGE AVE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890