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Omega Protein (Omega Protein) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.03 (As of Sep. 2017)


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What is Omega Protein Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Omega Protein's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $0.9 Mil. Omega Protein's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $0.0 Mil. Omega Protein's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $32.7 Mil. Omega Protein's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was 0.03.

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

OME's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 2.13
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Omega Protein Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Omega Protein'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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Omega Protein Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Omega Protein Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.91 0.35 0.66 0.37 0.01

Omega Protein Quarterly Data
Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17
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 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03

Competitive Comparison of Omega Protein's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Omega Protein'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.


Omega Protein's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Omega Protein's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Omega Protein Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Omega Protein's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.097 + 0) / 77.167
=0.01

Omega Protein's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.936 + 0) / 32.736
=0.03

* 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. 2017) EBITDA data.


Omega Protein  (NYSE:OME) 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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Omega Protein (Omega Protein) Business Description

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Omega Protein Corp is a nutritional ingredient company. It develops, produces and delivers healthy products throughout the world to improve nutritional integrity of foods, dietary supplements and animal feeds.
Executives
Celeste A. Clark director C/O ADVANCEPIERRE FOODS HOLDINGS, INC., 9987 CARVER ROAD, BLUE ASH OH 45242
David H Clarke director 777 SOUTH FLAGLER DRIVE SUITE 1108, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
Michael Christodolou director 2707 N 108TH STREET 102, C/O LINDSAY INTERNATIONAL, OMAHA NE 68164
Mark A Livingston officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 2105 CITY WEST BLVD., SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77042
Andrew Johannesen officer: Executive VP and CFO 2105 CITY WEST BLVD., SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77042
Nicodemus Harry O Iv director 5051 WESTHEIMER, SUITE 725, HOUSTON TX 77056
Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M 10 percent owner C/O SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUNDS, 527 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 2600, NEW YORK NY 10022
Harbinger Group Inc. 10 percent owner 3001 DEMING WAY, MIDDLETON WI 53562
Leonard Disalvo director 100 MERIDIAN CENTRE, SUITE 350, ROCHESTER NY 14614

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