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HCA Healthcare Debt-to-EBITDA

: 2.65 As of Dec. 2020
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

HCA Healthcare's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was €483 Mil. HCA Healthcare's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was €26,689 Mil. HCA Healthcare's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was €10,249 Mil. HCA Healthcare's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was 2.65.

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.

STU:2BH' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.4   Med: 3.93   Max: 4.54
Current: 3.4
3.4
4.54

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of HCA Healthcare was 4.54. The lowest was 3.40. And the median was 3.93.

STU:2BH's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked lower than
59% of the 377 Companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.

( Industry Median: 2.55 vs. STU:2BH: 3.40 )

HCA Healthcare Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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HCA Healthcare Annual Data
Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Debt-to-EBITDA Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.70 4.03 3.50 3.68 3.40

HCA Healthcare Quarterly Data
Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20
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 3.25 4.75 3.08 3.94 2.65
Competitive Comparison
* 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.

HCA Healthcare Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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


HCA Healthcare Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

HCA Healthcare's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(483.33599998627 + 26688.695999242) / 8002.1699997727
=3.40

HCA Healthcare's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(483.33599998627 + 26688.695999242) / 10248.695999709
=2.65

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers 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. 2020) EBITDA data.

HCA Healthcare  (STU:2BH) 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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