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Avance Gas Holding (Avance Gas Holding) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.67 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Avance Gas Holding Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Avance Gas Holding's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $69.9 Mil. Avance Gas Holding's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $454.4 Mil. Avance Gas Holding's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $314.2 Mil. Avance Gas Holding's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.67.

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

AVACF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -64.91   Med: 3.38   Max: 68.63
Current: 2.25

During the past 11 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Avance Gas Holding was 68.63. The lowest was -64.91. And the median was 3.38.

AVACF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
59.5% of 721 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.7 vs AVACF: 2.25

Avance Gas Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Avance Gas Holding Annual Data
Trend Nov13 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.63 3.13 4.11 2.99 2.27

Avance Gas Holding 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 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 2.43 2.39 2.57 2.82 1.67

Competitive Comparison of Avance Gas Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Avance Gas Holding'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.


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

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

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



Avance Gas Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Avance Gas Holding'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
=(69.856 + 454.434) / 231.298
=2.27

Avance Gas Holding'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
=(69.856 + 454.434) / 314.212
=1.67

* 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.


Avance Gas Holding  (OTCPK:AVACF) 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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Avance Gas Holding (Avance Gas Holding) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
14 Par-la-Ville Road, 4th floor, PO Box HM 1593, Par-la-Ville Place, Hamilton, BMU, HM 08
Avance Gas Holding Ltd is engaged in the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). It owns and operates very large gas carriers (VLGCs) providing transportation services to oil majors and traders of LPG on a global basis. It operates a fleet of vessels providing customers with global transportation services through the combination of the contract of affreightments and spot market voyages. The company transports liquefied petroleum to destinations in Europe, South America, India, and Asia, mainly loading the Middle East Gulf and the United States Gulf/United States East Coast. The company operates in a single segment that is liquefied petroleum gas.

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