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Rowan (RDC) Debt-to-EBITDA : 10.03 (As of Dec. 2018)


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What is Rowan Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Rowan's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $201.2 Mil. Rowan's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $2,309.7 Mil. Rowan's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $250.4 Mil. Rowan's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 10.03.

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

RDC's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 1.74
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Rowan Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Rowan Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17.89 3.87 3.03 3.81 17.17

Rowan Quarterly Data
Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18
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 2.53 20.71 11.27 -261.53 10.03

Competitive Comparison of Rowan's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Oil & Gas Drilling subindustry, Rowan'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.


Rowan's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Rowan's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Rowan Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Rowan's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(201.2 + 2309.7) / 146.2
=17.17

Rowan's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(201.2 + 2309.7) / 250.4
=10.03

* 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 (Dec. 2018) EBITDA data.


Rowan  (NYSE:RDC) 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.


Rowan Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Rowan (RDC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 5450, Houston, TX, USA, 77056-6189
Rowan Companies has been drilling for oil and gas for 90 years, serving oil and gas companies globally. In 2011 and 2012, the firm entered the deep-water market with four new rig orders. Rowan now operates 29 offshore drilling units, which includes 25 jackup drilling units, and four ultra-deepwater drillships.
Executives
Charles L Szews director 6565 N. MACARTHUR BLVD., SUITE 800, IRVING TX 75039
Stephen M Butz officer: EVP & CFO C/O HERCULES OFFSHORE, INC., 9 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 2200, HOUSTON TX 77046
Alan Quintero officer: SVP - Business Development 15835 PARK TEN PLACE DRIVE, HOUSTON TX 77084
Thomas Peter Burke director, officer: President & CEO 2800 POST OAK BLVD, HOUSTON TX 77056
Thomas R Hix director C/O COOPER CAMERON, 1333 WEST LOOP S. #1700, HOUSTON TX 77027
Suzanne P Nimocks director 2800 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 5450, HOUSTON TX 77056
Dennis S Baldwin officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1333 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1700, HOUSTON TX 77027
John J Quicke director C/O SEQUA CORP, 200 PARK AVENUE, 44TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10166
Tore I Sandvold director C/O SCHLUMBERGER LIMITED, 5999 SAN FELIPE, 17TH FLOOR, HOUSTON TX 77056
William E Albrecht director 9200 OAKDALE AVENUE, SUITE 900, LOS ANGELES CA 91311
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Thierry Pilenko director 10300 TOWN PARK DRIVE, HOUSTON TX 77072
P Dexter Peacock director PO BOX 4544, PO BOX 4544, HOUSTON TX 77210-4544
Melanie Montague Trent officer: EVP, General Counsel & CAO 2800 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 5450, HOUSTON TX 7056
W Matt Ralls director, officer: Executive Chairman ROWAN COMPANIES, HOUSTON TX 77002