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Robert Half (Robert Half) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.75 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Robert Half Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Robert Half's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $80 Mil. Robert Half's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $161 Mil. Robert Half's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $324 Mil. Robert Half's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.75.

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

RHI' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0.12   Max: 0.74
Current: 0.47

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Robert Half was 0.74. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.12.

RHI's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
79.61% of 829 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.88 vs RHI: 0.47

Robert Half Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Robert Half'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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Robert Half Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Robert Half 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 0.43 0.74 0.33 0.23 0.47

Robert Half 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 0.32 0.37 0.42 0.34 0.75

Competitive Comparison of Robert Half's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Robert Half'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.


Robert Half's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Robert Half's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Robert Half Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Robert Half'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
=(80.459 + 161.44) / 518.837
=0.47

Robert Half'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
=(80.459 + 161.44) / 323.596
=0.75

* 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.


Robert Half  (NYSE:RHI) 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.


Robert Half Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Robert Half (Robert Half) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2884 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200, Menlo Park, CA, USA, 94025
Founded in 1948, Robert Half provides temporary, permanent, and outcome-based staffing for both in-person and remote positions in the finance and accounting, technology, legal, marketing, and administrative fields. Its subsidiary consulting arm, Protiviti, specializes in technology, risk, auditing, and compliance matters. The firm generates most of its sales inside the U.S. and stands as one of the largest specialized firms in the highly fragmented U.S. staffing industry. The firm generates annual revenue of around $7 billion.
Executives
Robert W Glass officer: Executive Vice President
Marc Morial director 142 IRVING AVENUE, S. ORANGE NJ 07079
Dirk A Kempthorne director 1735 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Joseph A Tarantino officer: President and CEO, Protiviti 2884 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Marnie Huss Wilking director 5611 E HILLERY DR, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Paul F Gentzkow officer: President & CEO Staffing 2884 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Messmer Harold M Jr director, officer: Executive Chairman
Barbara J Novogradac director C/O ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC., 2884 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Robert J Pace director C/O ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC., 2884 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Julia Lynn Coronado director C/O DYNEX CAPITAL, INC., 4991 LAKE BROOK DRIVE, SUITE 100, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
Frederick A Richman director C/O ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC., 2884 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
M Keith Waddell director, officer: Chief Executive Officer
Michael C Buckley officer: Executive Vice President & CFO C/O ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC, 5720 STONERIDGE DR STE 3, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Steven Karel officer: Vice President and Secretary 2884 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Edward W Gibbons director C/O JACK IN THE BOX INC, 9330 BALVOA AVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92123