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MTZ (MasTec) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.00 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is MasTec Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

MasTec's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $348 Mil. MasTec's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $2,643 Mil. MasTec's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $998 Mil. MasTec's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 3.00.

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

MTZ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.91   Med: 2.42   Max: 6.74
Current: 3.51

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of MasTec was 6.74. The lowest was 1.91. And the median was 2.42.

MTZ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
63.58% of 1340 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.335 vs MTZ: 3.51

MasTec Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for MasTec'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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MasTec Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

MasTec 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 2.03 1.91 2.52 5.31 4.63

MasTec Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
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 4.10 3.73 4.14 5.34 3.00

Competitive Comparison of MasTec's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, MasTec'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.


MasTec's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

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



MasTec Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

MasTec'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
=(315.011 + 3180.931) / 754.863
=4.63

MasTec's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(348.497 + 2642.754) / 997.74
=3.00

* 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 (Jun. 2024) EBITDA data.


MasTec  (NYSE:MTZ) 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.


MasTec Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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MasTec Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
800 S. Douglas Road, 12th Floor, Coral Gables, FL, USA, 33134
MasTec is a leading infrastructure construction company operating mainly in North America across a range of industries. The company's primary activities include the engineering, building, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of communications, oil and gas, utility, renewable energy, and other infrastructure. MasTec reports its results under five reportable segments: communications; clean energy and infrastructure; oil and gas; power delivery; and other.
Executives
Robert E Apple officer: Chief Operations Officer 800 S DOUGLAS ROAD, 12TH FLOOR, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
C Robert Campbell officer: EVP & CFO 800 DOUGLAS ROAD, 12TH FLOOR, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Ernst N Csiszar director 2600 S RIVER ROAD, DES PLAINES IL 60018
Javier Alberto Palomarez director 3405 PINNEY POINT DRIVE, FLOWER MOUND TX 75022
Paul Dimarco officer: CFO 800 S. DOUGLAS ROAD, SUITE 1200, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Timothy Michael Love officer: CAO 8915 GEORGE WILLIAMS RD., KNOXVILLE TN 37923
Ava L Parker director 1469 HARRINGTON PARK DRIVE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32225
De Cardenas Alberto I officer: Executive Vice President 800 S DOUGLAS ROAD, 12TH FLOOR, CORAL GABLES X1 33134
George Pita officer: CFO 3000 NW 107TH AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33172
Robert J Dwyer director 880 SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD, PALM BEACH FL 33480
Jose S Sorzano director AUSTIN GROUP INC, 5305 LEE HIGHWAY NORTH, ARLINGTON VA 22207
Julia L Johnson director NETCOMMUNICATIONS LLC, 614 GRAND HIGHWAY, CLAREMONT FL 34711
Jorge Mas director, 10 percent owner 800 DOUGLAS ROAD, 12TH FLOOR, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Jose Ramon Mas director, officer: EVP 800 DOUGLAS ROAD, 12TH FLOOR, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Daniel A Restrepo director C/O MASTEC, INC., 800 S. DOUGLAS RD., 12TH FLOOR, CORAL GABLES FL 33134