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Orion (OEC) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.49 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Orion Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Orion's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $145 Mil. Orion's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $669 Mil. Orion's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $327 Mil. Orion's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.49.

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

OEC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.33   Med: 3.1   Max: 6.14
Current: 2.65

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Orion was 6.14. The lowest was 2.33. And the median was 3.10.

OEC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
54.91% of 1211 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.28 vs OEC: 2.65

Orion Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Orion 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 5.12 2.65 3.35 2.83

Orion 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 2.21 2.42 2.68 3.76 2.49

Competitive Comparison of Orion's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Orion'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.


Orion's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Orion's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Orion Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Orion'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
=(149.6 + 777.6) / 327.2
=2.83

Orion'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
=(144.8 + 668.7) / 326.8
=2.49

* 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.


Orion  (NYSE:OEC) 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.


Orion Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Orion (OEC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1700 City Plaza Drive, Suite 300, Spring, TX, USA, 77389
Orion SA is a supplier of carbon black, a solid form of carbon produced as powder or pellets. The company's operating segments are Specialty Carbon Black and Rubber Carbon Black. It generates maximum revenue from the Rubber Carbon Black segment. Rubber Carbon Black segment is used in the reinforcement of rubber in tires and mechanical rubber goods. The Specialty Carbon Black segment is used as pigments and performance additives in coatings, polymers, printing, and special applications. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Germany.
Executives
Painter Corning F. director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7201 HAMILTON BOULEVARD, ALLENTOWN PA 18195-1501
Jeffrey Glajch officer: Chief Financial Officer GRAHAM CORPORATION, 20 FLORENCE AVENUE, BATAVIA NY 14020
Carlos Quinones officer: Sr. VP Global Operations C/O ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS S.A., 4501 MAGNOLIA COVE DRIVE SUITE 106, HOUSTON TX 77345
Robert G. Hrivnak officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS S.A., 4501 MAGNOLIA COVE DRIVE, SUITE 106, HOUSTON TX 77345
Sandra Niewiem officer: Sr. VP Global Specialties C/O ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS S.A., 4501 MAGNOLIA COVE DRIVE SUITE 106, HOUSTON TX 77345
Anthony Lynn Davis director C/O CONVENE, 530 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 702, NEW YORK NY 10036
Didier Miraton director C/O ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS S.A., 4501 MAGNOLIA COVE DRIVE SUITE 106, HOUSTON TX 77345
Hans Dietrich Winkhaus director C/O ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS S.A., 4501 MAGNOLIA COVE DRIVE SUITE 106, HOUSTON TX 77345
Yi Hyon Paik director ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, 100 INDEPENDENCE MALL WEST, PHILADELPHIA PA 19106
Michel Wurth director C/O ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS S.A., 4501 MAGNOLIA COVE DRIVE, SUITE 106, HOUSTON TX 77345
Pedro Riveros officer: Sr. VP Global Rubber C/O ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS S.A., 4501 MAGNOLIA COVE DRIVE SUITE 106, HOUSTON TX 77345
Dan F Smith director 1221 MCKINNEY STREET, SUITE 700, HOUSTON TX 77010
Paul E Huck director 7201 HAMILTON BLVD, ALLENTOWN PA 181951501
Kerry A Galvin director 1221 MCKINNEY ST.,, SUITE 700, HOUSTON TX 77010
Mary A Lindsey director 6565 N. MACARTHUR BLVD., SUITE 800, IRVING TX 75039