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Compania General de Electricidad CGE (XSGO:CGE) Debt-to-EBITDA : 20.57 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Compania General de Electricidad CGE Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Compania General de Electricidad CGE's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was CLP404,473 Mil. Compania General de Electricidad CGE's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was CLP863,456 Mil. Compania General de Electricidad CGE's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was CLP61,655 Mil. Compania General de Electricidad CGE's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 20.57.

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 Compania General de Electricidad CGE's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

XSGO:CGE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04   Med: 11.16   Max: 34.24
Current: 12.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Compania General de Electricidad CGE was 34.24. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 11.16.

XSGO:CGE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
91.5% of 447 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 4.03 vs XSGO:CGE: 12.40

Compania General de Electricidad CGE Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Compania General de Electricidad CGE'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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Compania General de Electricidad CGE Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Compania General de Electricidad CGE Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17.46 34.24 24.59 12.39 6.76

Compania General de Electricidad CGE Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 3.07 4.93 482.23 11.45 20.57

Competitive Comparison of Compania General de Electricidad CGE's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Compania General de Electricidad CGE'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.


Compania General de Electricidad CGE's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Compania General de Electricidad CGE's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Compania General de Electricidad CGE's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Compania General de Electricidad CGE Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Compania General de Electricidad CGE's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(345353.355 + 837391.016) / 175080.16
=6.76

Compania General de Electricidad CGE's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(404473.469 + 863456.289) / 61654.62
=20.57

* 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 (Mar. 2025) EBITDA data.


Compania General de Electricidad CGE  (XSGO:CGE) 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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Compania General de Electricidad CGE Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Avenida Presidente Riesco 5561, Piso 17, Santiago, CHL
Compania General de Electricidad SA CGE is an integrated gas and electricity company. It is operating in the areas of gas supply and transportation, distribution, electricity generation, marketing, and trading.

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