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National Grid (National Grid) Debt-to-EBITDA : 6.94 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is National Grid Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

National Grid's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $3,330 Mil. National Grid's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $52,111 Mil. National Grid's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $7,985 Mil. National Grid's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 6.94.

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

NGG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.82   Med: 6.13   Max: 8.03
Current: 6.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of National Grid was 8.03. The lowest was 4.82. And the median was 6.13.

NGG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
77.78% of 459 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.56 vs NGG: 6.33

National Grid Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for National Grid'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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National Grid Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

National Grid Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.45 8.03 7.71 7.07 5.93

National Grid Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 8.98 5.71 7.13 5.59 6.94

Competitive Comparison of National Grid's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, National Grid'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.


National Grid's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, National Grid's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



National Grid Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

National Grid's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3586.165 + 48580.097) / 8803.398
=5.93

National Grid's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3330.446 + 52111.386) / 7985.148
=6.94

* 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 two times the quarterly (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


National Grid  (NYSE:NGG) 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.


National Grid Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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National Grid (National Grid) Business Description

Address
1-3 Strand, London, GBR, WC2N 5EH
National Grid owns and operates the electric transmission system in England and Wales. It sold the bulk of its U.K. gas transmission business in fiscal 2023 to fund the acquisition of PPL's U.K. power distribution assets. In the Northeastern United States, it serves electricity and gas customers combined in three states. It also owns regulated transmission and electricity generation in the United States, metering services, merchant transmission lines in the U.K., and the Grain (U.K.) liquefied natural gas facility.