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Waste Connections (FRA:UI51) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.21 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Waste Connections Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Waste Connections's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €48 Mil. Waste Connections's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €7,401 Mil. Waste Connections's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €2,318 Mil. Waste Connections's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.21.

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 Waste Connections's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:UI51' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.73   Med: 3.1   Max: 10.36
Current: 3.48

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Waste Connections was 10.36. The lowest was 2.73. And the median was 3.10.

FRA:UI51's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
51.09% of 184 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 3.5 vs FRA:UI51: 3.48

Waste Connections Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Waste Connections'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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Waste Connections Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Waste Connections Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.85 4.19 2.99 3.27 3.11

Waste Connections Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.16 2.91 2.89 3.63 3.21

Competitive Comparison of Waste Connections's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Waste Management subindustry, Waste Connections'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.


Waste Connections's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Waste Connections's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Waste Connections Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Waste Connections'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
=(54.098 + 6385.264) / 2073.662
=3.11

Waste Connections'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
=(48.324 + 7401.041) / 2318.432
=3.21

* 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.


Waste Connections  (FRA:UI51) 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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Waste Connections (FRA:UI51) Business Description

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Address
6220 Highway 7, Suite 600, Woodbridge, Vaughan, ON, CAN, L4H 4G3
Waste Connections is the third-largest integrated provider of traditional solid waste and recycling services in the North America, operating 100 active landfills (9 are exploration and production waste landfills and 16 are nonmunicipal waste landfills), 157 transfer stations, and 79 recycling operations. The firm serves residential, commercial, industrial, and energy end markets. Waste Connections entered the Canadian market with its 2016 merger with Progressive Waste. In 2022, 13% of consolidated revenue was generated from the firm's Canadian segment.

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