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Kingsway Financial Services (Kingsway Financial Services) Debt-to-EBITDA : 18.55 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Kingsway Financial Services Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Kingsway Financial Services's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.0 Mil. Kingsway Financial Services's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $48.5 Mil. Kingsway Financial Services's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.6 Mil. Kingsway Financial Services's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 18.55.

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 Kingsway Financial Services's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KFS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -840.62   Med: 1.68   Max: 47.5
Current: 12.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Kingsway Financial Services was 47.50. The lowest was -840.62. And the median was 1.68.

KFS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
93.36% of 1055 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 2.35 vs KFS: 12.50

Kingsway Financial Services Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kingsway Financial Services'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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Kingsway Financial Services Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Kingsway Financial Services 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 13.91 19.59 21.01 2.09 1.26

Kingsway Financial Services 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 0.34 10.78 6.36 20.08 18.55

Competitive Comparison of Kingsway Financial Services's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, Kingsway Financial Services'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.


Kingsway Financial Services's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Kingsway Financial Services's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Kingsway Financial Services Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Kingsway Financial Services'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
=(0 + 45.614) / 36.121
=1.26

Kingsway Financial Services'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
=(0 + 48.517) / 2.616
=18.55

* 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.


Kingsway Financial Services  (NYSE:KFS) 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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Kingsway Financial Services (Kingsway Financial Services) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
10 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1520, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
Kingsway Financial Services Inc through subsidiaries operates in the extended warranty, asset management, and real estate industries in the United States. It operates through three segments: Extended Warranty and Kingsway Search Xcelerator. The Extended Warranty segment provides after-market vehicle protection services distributed by credit unions. The firm generates maximum revenue from Extended Warranty segment in the form of Service fee and commission income.
Executives
Fitzgerald John Taylor Maloney director, officer: Executive Vice President KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Kent A Hansen officer: CFO & EVP C/O KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Charles L Frischer director 3156 EAST LAURELHURST DRIVE, NE, SEATTLE WA 98105
Oakmont Capital Inc 10 percent owner 112 ST.CLAIR AVENUE WEST, SUITE 400, ONTARIO Z4 M4V 2Y3
Gregory Paul Hannon director OAKMONT CAPITAL INC., 45 ST. CLAIR AVENUE WEST, SUITE 400, TORONTO A6 M4V 1K9
Terence Michael Kavanagh director OAKMONT CAPITAL INC., 45 ST. CLAIR AVENUE WEST, SUITE 400, TORONTO A6 M4V 1K9
Joseph Stilwell director, 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Paul R. Hogan officer: Secretary and General Counsel 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Porcelli Corissa B. director 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Stilwell Associates L P 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Stilwell Activist Investments, L.p. 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Stilwell Activist Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Stilwell Value Partners Vii, L.p. 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Hickey William August Jr officer: Executive VP, COO and CFO KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Douglas Levine director 2602 NW 5TH AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33127