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US Airways Group (FRA:USG1) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.95 (As of Sep. 2013)


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What is US Airways Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

US Airways Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was €303 Mil. US Airways Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was €4,118 Mil. US Airways Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was €1,499 Mil. US Airways Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was 2.95.

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 US Airways Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:USG1' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 4.19
Current: 4.19

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of US Airways Group was 4.19. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

FRA:USG1's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 2.815 vs FRA:USG1: 4.19

US Airways Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for US Airways Group'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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US Airways Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

US Airways Group Annual Data
Trend Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.55 11.76 4.18 6.64 4.24

US Airways Group Quarterly Data
Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13
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 3.48 3.00 5.06 2.66 2.95

Competitive Comparison of US Airways Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Airlines subindustry, US Airways Group'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.


US Airways Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, US Airways Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where US Airways Group's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



US Airways Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

US Airways Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(317.754 + 3334.512) / 861.822
=4.24

US Airways Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(302.94 + 4118.488) / 1498.992
=2.95

* 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 (Sep. 2013) EBITDA data.


US Airways Group  (FRA:USG1) 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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US Airways Group (FRA:USG1) Business Description

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US Airways Group Inc., a Delaware corporation, is a holding company formed in 1982. The Company's main business activity is the operation of a major network air carrier through its wholly owned subsidiaries US Airways, Piedmont Airlines, Inc., PSA Airlines, Inc., Material Services Company, Inc. and Airways Assurance Limited. MSC and AAL operate in support of its airline subsidiaries in areas such as the procurement of aviation fuel and insurance. The Company operates the airline in the United States as measured by domestic revenue passenger miles and available seat miles. It has hubs in Charlotte, Philadelphia and Phoenix and a focus city in Washington, D.C. at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. It offers scheduled passenger service on more than 3,000 flights daily to 198 communities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. It also has an established East Coast route network, including the US Airways Shuttle service. As of December 31, 2012, it operated 340 mainline jets and was supported by its regional airline subsidiaries and affiliates operating as US Airways Express under capacity purchase agreements, which operated 238 regional jets and 44 turboprops. Its prorate carriers operated four regional jets at December 31, 2012. The Company's main competitors include Southwest, JetBlue, Allegiant, Frontier, Virgin America and Spirit. The airline industry is also subject to increasingly stringent federal, state and local laws aimed at protecting the environment.

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