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State Gas (ASX:GAS) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.06 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is State Gas Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

State Gas's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.16 Mil. State Gas's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.00 Mil. State Gas's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-2.73 Mil. State Gas's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.06.

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 State Gas's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:GAS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.19   Med: -0.19   Max: -0.08
Current: -0.08

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of State Gas was -0.08. The lowest was -0.19. And the median was -0.19.

ASX:GAS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 721 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.76 vs ASX:GAS: -0.08

State Gas Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for State Gas'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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State Gas Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

State Gas Annual Data
Trend Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - - - -0.19

State Gas Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - -0.15 -0.06

Competitive Comparison of State Gas's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, State Gas'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.


State Gas's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, State Gas's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



State Gas Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

State Gas's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.2 + 0) / -1.078
=-0.19

State Gas'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
=(0.163 + 0) / -2.726
=-0.06

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


State Gas  (ASX:GAS) 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.


State Gas Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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State Gas (ASX:GAS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
40 Edward Street, Suite 4, Level 1, Brisbane, QLD, AUS, 4000
State Gas Ltd operates as an exploration and development of gas fields in Australia. It explores and produces liquefied natural gas. The project of the company includes Reid's Dome Conventional Gas, Santos Exploration Joint Venture and the Rolleston-West project.

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