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PAA (Plains All American Pipeline LP) Degree of Operating Leverage : 1.52 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Plains All American Pipeline LP Degree of Operating Leverage?

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) measures the percentage change in EBIT for a unit change in Revenue. Plains All American Pipeline LP's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.52. The higher Degree of Operating Leverage, the higher operating risk the company will take.

The industry rank for Plains All American Pipeline LP's Degree of Operating Leverage or its related term are showing as below:

PAA's Degree of Operating Leverage is ranked worse than
57.95% of 906 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.915 vs PAA: 1.52

Plains All American Pipeline LP Degree of Operating Leverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Plains All American Pipeline LP's Degree of Operating Leverage 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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Plains All American Pipeline LP Degree of Operating Leverage Chart

Plains All American Pipeline LP Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Degree of Operating Leverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.87 -1.90 1.62 -0.68 -5.33

Plains All American Pipeline LP Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Degree of Operating Leverage 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 0.88 4.98 1.29 -5.33 1.52

Competitive Comparison of Plains All American Pipeline LP's Degree of Operating Leverage

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Plains All American Pipeline LP's Degree of Operating Leverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Degree of Operating Leverage 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.


Plains All American Pipeline LP's Degree of Operating Leverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Plains All American Pipeline LP's Degree of Operating Leverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Plains All American Pipeline LP's Degree of Operating Leverage falls into.


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Plains All American Pipeline LP Degree of Operating Leverage Calculation

Plains All American Pipeline LP's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Degree of Operating Leverage=% Change in EBIT**/% Change in Revenue
=( 1943 (Mar. 2025) / 1843 (Mar. 2024) - 1 )/( 50089 (Mar. 2025) / 48366 (Mar. 2024) - 1 )
=0.0543/0.0356
=1.52***

* 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.

** TTM data of EBIT and Revenue was used to calculate Degree of Operating Leverage.
*** Please be aware that the Degree of Operating Leverage calculations are based on company-level data using the primary share class. The calculated data provided is for demonstration purposes and may slightly differ from the results displayed in the title due to potential variations caused by currency exchange rate differences throughout the year.


Plains All American Pipeline LP  (NAS:PAA) Degree of Operating Leverage Explanation

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) is a leverage ratio that measures the sensitivity of a company’s operting income, also referred to as Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT), to fluctuations in its Revenue. DOL is a method used to quantify a company’s operating risk. This risk is related to the company's structure of variable costs and fixed costs. Since the fixed costs do not allow the company to adjust the operating costs, the operating risk rises with a higher fixed-to-variable costs proportion.

A high Degree of Operating Leverage indicates that the company’s fixed costs exceed its variable costs. By increasing the sales, the company can earn more profits. In addition, the company must be able to maintain relatively high sales to cover all fixed costs.

Be Aware

The use of operating leverage varies across different industries and business sectors, and the application of Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) should be adjusted accordingly.


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Plains All American Pipeline LP Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
333 Clay Street, Suite 1600, Houston, TX, USA, 77002
Plains All American Pipeline LP through its subsidiaries, engages in the pipeline transportation, terminaling, storage, and gathering of crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGL) in the United States and Canada. The company operates through two segments, Crude Oil and NGL. The Crude Oil segment offers gathering and transporting crude oil through pipelines, gathering systems, trucks, and barges or railcars. The NGL segment is involved in natural gas processing and NGL fractionation, storage, transportation, and terminalling. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Crude Oil segment.
Executives
Jeremy L. Goebel officer: EVP & CCO 333 CLAY STREET, SUITE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Ellen Desanctis director 12326 OLD OAKS, HOUSTON TX 77024
Willie Cw Chiang director, officer: Chairman & CEO 370 17TH STREET, SUITE 2775, DENVER CO 80202
Chris Herbold officer: Sr. VP Finance and CAO 333 CLAY STREET, SUITE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Richard K. Mcgee officer: EVP, General Counsel & Sec. 333 CLAY STREET, SUITE 1500, HOUSTON TX 77002
Al Swanson officer: EVP & CFO 333 CLAY STREET, # 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Kevin S Mccarthy director C/O KAYNE ANDERSON CAPITAL ADVISORS, LP, 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SECOND FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Chris R. Chandler officer: EVP & COO 333 CLAY STREET, SUITE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Harry N Pefanis director, officer: President 333 CLAY STREET, STE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Plains Gp Holdings Lp director, 10 percent owner 333 CLAY ST, SUITE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Paa Gp Holdings Llc director, 10 percent owner 333 CLAY ST, SUITE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Plains All American Gp Llc director, 10 percent owner 333 CLAY STREET, SUITE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Plains Aap, L.p. director, 10 percent owner 333 CLAY STREET, SUITE 1600, HOUSTON TX 77002
Chris Temple director 3953 MAPLE AVENUE, SUITE 180, DALLAS TX 75219
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Lp director, other: See remarks 2121 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 9TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067