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Power of Canada (TSX:POW.PR.C.PFD) Debt-to-EBITDA

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

Power of Canada's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$3,452.00 Mil. Power of Canada's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$17,491.00 Mil. Power of Canada's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$3,044.00 Mil. Power of Canada's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.88.

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 Power of Canada's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:POW.PR.C.PFD' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.8   Med: 3.59   Max: 4.5
Current: 4.15

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Power of Canada was 4.50. The lowest was 2.80. And the median was 3.59.

TSX:POW.PR.C.PFD's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
82.47% of 291 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.49 vs TSX:POW.PR.C.PFD: 4.15

Power of Canada Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Power of Canada'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.

* Premium members only.

Power of Canada 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 3.80 4.48 2.80 3.60 4.50

Power of Canada 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 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 12.31 3.48 3.77 2.76 6.88

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Power of Canada'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.


Power of Canada Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Power of Canada's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Power of Canada Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Power of Canada'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
=(3452 + 17491) / 4659
=4.50

Power of Canada'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
=(3452 + 17491) / 3044
=6.88

* 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.


Power of Canada  (TSX:POW.PR.C.PFD) 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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Power of Canada (TSX:POW.PR.C.PFD) Business Description

Address
751 Victoria Square, Montreal, QC, CAN, H2Y 2J3
Power Corporation of Canada is a holding company with controlling interests in Great-West Life (an insurance conglomerate), IGM Financial (Canada's largest nonbank asset manager), and other alternative asset-management platforms (Sagard and Power Sustainable). The company also has minority interests in Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (a holding company with interests in European companies) and ChinaAMC (an asset manager in China).

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