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MP Materials (MP Materials) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.25 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is MP Materials Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

MP Materials's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.0 Mil. MP Materials's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $942.2 Mil. MP Materials's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $179.5 Mil. MP Materials's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.25.

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 MP Materials's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

MP' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.57   Med: 3.57   Max: 13.88
Current: 11.2

During the past 5 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of MP Materials was 13.88. The lowest was -2.57. And the median was 3.57.

MP's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
89.6% of 529 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.98 vs MP: 11.20

MP Materials Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for MP Materials'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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MP Materials Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

MP Materials Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
13.88 -2.57 3.57 1.86 7.33

MP Materials Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 3.10 6.49 12.60 -187.79 5.25

Competitive Comparison of MP Materials's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, MP Materials'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.


MP Materials's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, MP Materials's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



MP Materials Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

MP Materials'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 + 688.809) / 94.038
=7.32

MP Materials's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 942.158) / 179.5
=5.25

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


MP Materials  (NYSE:MP) 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.


MP Materials Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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MP Materials (MP Materials) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1700 S. Pavilion Center Drive, 8th Floor, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 89135
MP Materials Corp is the largest producer of rare earth materials in the Western Hemisphere. The company owns and operates the Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine and Processing Facility, the only rare earth mining and processing site ofscale in North America.
Executives
Michael Stuart Rosenthal officer: Chief Operating Officer 1700 S. PAVILION CENTER DR., SUITE 800, LAS VEGAS NV 89135
James H. Litinsky director, officer: Chairman and CEO C/O MP MATERIALS CORP., 1700 S. PAVILION CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 800, LAS VEGAS NV 89135
Jhl Capital Group Llc other: See Remarks 1500 N. HALSTED ST., SUITE 200, CHICAGO IL 60642
Arnold W Donald director C/O CARNIVAL CORPORATION, 3655 N.W. 87TH AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33178
Daniel Allen Gold director 6720 VIA AUSTI PARKWAY, SUITE 450, LAS VEGAS NV 89119
Qvt Financial Lp director, 10 percent owner, other: Director by Deputization 888 SEVENTH AVENUE, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10106
Ryan Corbett officer: Chief Financial Officer 1700 S. PAVILION CENTER DR., SUITE 800, LAS VEGAS NV 89135
Duckworth Connie K director EIGHT WINGS ENTERPRISES, 77 STONE AGTE LANE, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Andrew A. Mcknight director, officer: Chief Executive Officer ONE MARKET PLAZA, SPEAR TOWER 42ND FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94123
Elliot Dean Hoops officer: General Counsel and Secretary 1700 S. PAVILION CENTER DR., SUITE 800, LAS VEGAS NV 89135
Jhl Capital Group Holdings Two Llc other: See Remarks 1500 N. HALSTED ST.,, SUITE 2000, CHICAGO IL 60642
Richard B Myers director C/O NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Randall J Weisenburger director C/O WASSERSTEIN PERELLA GROUP, 31 WEST 52ND ST 26TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Maryanne Lavan director 6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA MD 20817
Sheila Bangalore officer: CSO and General Counsel 6720 VIA AUSTI PARKWAY, SUITE 450, LAS VEGAS NV 89119

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