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Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Deutsche Lufthansa AG) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.04 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Deutsche Lufthansa AG Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Deutsche Lufthansa AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,154 Mil. Deutsche Lufthansa AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $12,056 Mil. Deutsche Lufthansa AG's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,999 Mil. Deutsche Lufthansa AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.04.

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 Deutsche Lufthansa AG's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

DLAKY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.2   Med: 1.8   Max: 181.4
Current: 2.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Deutsche Lufthansa AG was 181.40. The lowest was -4.20. And the median was 1.80.

DLAKY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
53.72% of 847 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.85 vs DLAKY: 2.63

Deutsche Lufthansa AG Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Deutsche Lufthansa AG'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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Deutsche Lufthansa AG Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Deutsche Lufthansa AG 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 1.97 -4.20 181.40 3.64 2.63

Deutsche Lufthansa AG Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 2.79 19.31 2.07 1.64 3.04

Competitive Comparison of Deutsche Lufthansa AG's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Airlines subindustry, Deutsche Lufthansa AG'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.


Deutsche Lufthansa AG's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Deutsche Lufthansa AG's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Deutsche Lufthansa AG Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Deutsche Lufthansa AG'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
=(3153.762 + 12055.616) / 5781.897
=2.63

Deutsche Lufthansa AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(3153.762 + 12055.616) / 4998.908
=3.04

* 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. 2023) EBITDA data.


Deutsche Lufthansa AG  (OTCPK:DLAKY) 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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Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Deutsche Lufthansa AG) Business Description

Address
Lufthansa Aviation Center, Airportring, Frankfurt, HE, DEU, 60546
Deutsche Lufthansa AG is a European airline group. The company's segment includes Passenger Airlines; Logistics; MRO and Catering. It generates maximum revenue from the Passenger Airlines segment. The Passenger Airlines segment comprises Lufthansa German Airlines, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Eurowings, including the equity interest in SunExpress. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Europe.

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