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Alternus Clean Energy (Alternus Clean Energy) Debt-to-EBITDA : -6.33 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Alternus Clean Energy Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Alternus Clean Energy's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $197.72 Mil. Alternus Clean Energy's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.25 Mil. Alternus Clean Energy's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-31.42 Mil. Alternus Clean Energy's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -6.33.

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 Alternus Clean Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ALCE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -34.45   Med: -6.33   Max: 43.54
Current: -6.33

During the past 3 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Alternus Clean Energy was 43.54. The lowest was -34.45. And the median was -6.33.

ALCE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 322 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 4.435 vs ALCE: -6.33

Alternus Clean Energy Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alternus Clean Energy'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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Alternus Clean Energy Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Alternus Clean Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
43.54 -34.45 -6.33

Alternus Clean Energy Semi-Annual Data
Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA 43.54 -34.45 -6.33

Competitive Comparison of Alternus Clean Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Alternus Clean Energy'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.


Alternus Clean Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Alternus Clean Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alternus Clean Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Alternus Clean Energy Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Alternus Clean Energy'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
=(197.717 + 1.252) / -31.418
=-6.33

Alternus Clean Energy'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
=(197.717 + 1.252) / -31.418
=-6.33

* 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 one times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Alternus Clean Energy  (NAS:ALCE) 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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Alternus Clean Energy (Alternus Clean Energy) Business Description

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Alternus Clean Energy Inc is an international independent clean energy producer. It develops, installs, owns and operates a diverse portfolio of utility-scale solar photovoltaic power stations (PV parks) in Europe and in the USA as a long-term owner. The solar parks benefit from long-term government offtake contracts and/or Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with investment grade off-takers, plus energy sales to local power grids.

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