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Halliburton Co (XSGO:HAL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.89 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Halliburton Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Halliburton Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $267 Mil. Halliburton Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $8,520 Mil. Halliburton Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $4,656 Mil. Halliburton Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.89.

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

XSGO:HAL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.69   Med: 2.55   Max: 11.4
Current: 1.76

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Halliburton Co was 11.40. The lowest was -6.69. And the median was 2.55.

XSGO:HAL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
50.49% of 719 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.73 vs XSGO:HAL: 1.76

Halliburton Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Halliburton Co'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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Halliburton Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Halliburton Co 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 10.37 -6.69 3.80 2.53 1.78

Halliburton Co 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 1.89 1.98 1.76 1.57 1.89

Competitive Comparison of Halliburton Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Halliburton Co'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.


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

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

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



Halliburton Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Halliburton Co'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
=(262 + 8547) / 4939
=1.78

Halliburton Co'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
=(267 + 8520) / 4656
=1.89

* 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.


Halliburton Co  (XSGO:HAL) 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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Halliburton Co (XSGO:HAL) Business Description

Address
3000 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Houston, TX, USA, 77032
Halliburton is one of the three largest oilfield service firms in the world, offering superior expertise in a number of business lines, including completion fluids, wireline services, cementing, and countless others. It's the largest pressure pumper in North America, and has been a leading innovator in hydraulic fracturing over the past two decades.

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