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Ventas (Ventas) Debt-to-EBITDA : 7.78 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Ventas Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Ventas's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $8 Mil. Ventas's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $13,749 Mil. Ventas's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1,768 Mil. Ventas's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 7.78.

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

VTR' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.25   Med: 6.56   Max: 7.71
Current: 7.04

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Ventas was 7.71. The lowest was 4.25. And the median was 6.56.

VTR's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
52.64% of 511 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 7.21 vs VTR: 7.04

Ventas Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Ventas 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 6.52 6.23 7.12 7.71 7.02

Ventas 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 7.28 6.18 7.49 6.62 7.78

Competitive Comparison of Ventas's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the REIT - Healthcare Facilities subindustry, Ventas'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.


Ventas's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Ventas's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ventas Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Ventas'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
=(14.006 + 13671.624) / 1949.153
=7.02

Ventas'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
=(8.207 + 13749.184) / 1767.768
=7.78

* 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.


Ventas  (NYSE:VTR) 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.


Ventas Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Ventas (Ventas) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
353 North Clark Street, Suite 3300, Chicago, IL, USA, 60654
Ventas owns a diversified healthcare portfolio of nearly 1,400 in-place properties spread across the senior housing, medical office, hospital, life science, and skilled nursing/post-acute care. The portfolio includes over 40 properties in Canada and the United Kingdom as the company looks for additional investment opportunities in countries with mature healthcare systems that operate similarly to the United States. The firm also owns mortgages and other loans, contributing about 3% of net operating income.
Executives
Walter C Rakowich director 14100 E 35TH PL, AURORA CO 80011
Debra A Cafaro director, officer: Chairman, President and CEO 353 N. CLARK STREET, SUITE 3300, CHICAGO IL 60654
Sumit Roy director 600 LA TERRAZA BOULEVARD, ESCONDIDO CA 92025
Michael J Embler director C/O NMI HOLDINGS, INC., 2100 POWELL STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Robert D. Reed director 47 DONALD DRIVE, ORINDA CA 94563
James D Shelton director 3901 TURTLE CREEK BLVD. #12, DALLAS TX 75219
Richard I Gilchrist director 5950 SHERRY LANE, SUITE 700, DALLAS TX 75225
Robert F Probst officer: EVP, CFO and Acting CAO 353 N. CLARK STREET, SUITE 3300, CHICAGO IL 60654
Gregory R Liebbe officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer 500 N. HURSTBOURNE PARKWAY, SUITE 200, LOUISVILLE KY 40222
Maurice S Smith director 353 N. CLARK STREET, SUITE 3300, CHICAGO IL 60654
Marguerite M Nader director 2S601 AVENUE LA TOURS, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Carey S. Roberts officer: EVP and GC C/O VENTAS, INC., 353 N. CLARK STREET, SUITE 3300, CHICAGO IL 60654
James Justin Hutchens officer: EVP Sr Housing North America C/O VENTAS, INC., 353 N. CLARK STREET, SUITE 3300, CHICAGO IL 60654
John D. Cobb officer: SVP & Chief Investment Officer 353 N. CLARK STREET, SUITE 3300, CHICAGO IL 60654
Sean P. Nolan director C/O INTERMUNE, INC., 3280 BAYSHORE BLVD., BRISBANE CA 94005

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