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National Instruments (National Instruments) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.45 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is National Instruments Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

National Instruments's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was $42 Mil. National Instruments's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was $601 Mil. National Instruments's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was $262 Mil. National Instruments's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 2.45.

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

NATI' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.13   Med: 0.37   Max: 2.1
Current: 1.94

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of National Instruments was 2.10. The lowest was 0.13. And the median was 0.37.

NATI's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.06 vs NATI: 1.94

National Instruments Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for National Instruments'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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National Instruments Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

National Instruments Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.21 0.52 1.66 2.10

National Instruments Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23
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 2.98 1.49 1.86 1.68 2.45

Competitive Comparison of National Instruments's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, National Instruments'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.


National Instruments's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, National Instruments's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



National Instruments Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

National Instruments's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(38.834 + 547.225) / 279.174
=2.10

National Instruments's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(41.608 + 600.859) / 261.812
=2.45

* 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. 2023) EBITDA data.


National Instruments  (NAS:NATI) 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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National Instruments (National Instruments) Business Description

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National Instruments provides testing and measurement equipment and integrated, software-led solutions to serve high-complexity automated testing in late product development. NI serves a long tail of more than 30,000 customers in myriad end markets but focuses on the semiconductor, transportation, and aerospace and defense verticals.
Executives
Ritu Favre officer: Executive Vice President 12367 CROSTHWAITE CIRCLE, POWAY CA 92064
Scott Arthur Rust officer: Executive Vice President C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, 11500 NORTH MOPAC, AUSTIN TX 78759
Alexander M Davern officer: Senior Vice President and CFO C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS, 11500 MOPAC BLDG C, AUSTIN TX 78759
Thomas Benjamin officer: Executive Vice President C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, 11500 NORTH MOPAC EXPRESSWAY, AUSTIN TX 78759
Eric Howard Starkloff director, officer: President & CEO 11500 NORTH MOPAC, BUILDING C, AUSTIN TX 78759
Daniel Berenbaum officer: Chief Financial Officer, EVP C/O EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 5670 W. CHANDLER BLVD., SUITE 100, CHANDLER AZ 85226
Cashman James E Iii director 2600 ANSYS DRIVE, CANONSBURG PA 15317
Gerhard Paul Fettweis director C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, 11500 NORTH MOPAC, AUSTIN TX 78759
Michael E Mcgrath director 11701 LUNA ROAD, DALLAS TX 75234
Liam Griffin director 5260 CALIFORNIA AVENUE, IRVINE CA 92617
Gayla J Delly director 3000 TECHNOLOGY DR, ANGLETON TX 77515
Jason Elliot Green officer: Chief Revenue Officer & EVP C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, 11500 NORTH MOPAC, AUSTIN TX 78759
Karen Marie Rapp officer: Chief Financial Officer & EVP C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, 11500 NORTH MOPAC, AUSTIN TX 78759
Carla Pineyro Sublett officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, 11500 NORTH MOPAC, AUSTIN TX 78759
Jeffrey L Kodosky director C/O NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORP, 11500 N. MOPAC EXPRESSWAY, AUSTIN TX 78759

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