Emerald Holding (Emerald Holding) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.15 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Emerald Holding Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Emerald Holding's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.2 Mil. Emerald Holding's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $407.6 Mil. Emerald Holding's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $132.0 Mil. Emerald Holding's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.15.

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 Emerald Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

EEX' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -30.55 Med: 4.87 Max: 20.34
Current: 4.87

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Emerald Holding was 20.34. The lowest was -30.55. And the median was 4.87.

EEX's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
78.41% of 681 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.68 vs EEX: 4.87

Emerald Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Emerald Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Emerald Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Emerald Holding Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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20.34

-0.87

-30.55

1.77

4.87

Emerald Holding 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															2.40	3.42	8.86	11.22	3.15

Competitive Comparison of Emerald Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Emerald Holding'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.

Emerald Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Emerald Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Emerald Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Emerald Holding'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
	=	(8.2	+	407.6)	/	85.4
	=	4.87

Emerald Holding'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
	=	(8.2	+	407.6)	/	132
	=	3.15

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.

Emerald Holding (NYSE:EEX) 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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Emerald Holding (Emerald Holding) Business Description

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Address

100 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10005

Website

http://www.emeraldexpositions.com

Emerald Holding Inc is an operator of B2B trade shows in the United States by NSF. It operates trade shows, which serve a large and broad set of global exhibitors and attendees, across multiple attractive, fragmented sectors that represent significant portions of the U.S. economy. The company operates trade shows in several broadly-defined industry sectors namely, Gift, Home and General Merchandise, Sports Design and Construction, Technology, Jewelry, Other Trade Shows, Other Events, and Other Marketing Services amongst other. It operates in three segments: Commerce; Design, Creative, and Technology; and All others.

Executives

Danielle Puceta	officer: EVP, Content & Commerce	100 BROADWAY, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10005
Issa Jouaneh	officer: President, Connections	100 BROADWAY, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10005
Brian Field	officer: Chief Operating Officer	EMERALD HOLDING, INC., 100 BROADWAY, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10005
David Saul Levin	director	EMERALD HOLDING, INC., 100 BROADWAY, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10005
William Charles	officer: Chief Information Officer	EMERALD EXPOSITIONS EVENTS, INC., 31910 DEL OBISPO STREET, SUITE 200, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CA 92675
Stacey Sayetta	officer: General Counsel	EMERALD HOLDING, INC., 100 BROADWAY, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10005
Mitchell Gendel	officer: General Counsel	EMERALD HOLDING, INC., 100 BROADWAY, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10005
David B. Doft	officer: CFO & Treasurer	EMERALD HOLDING, INC., 100 BROADWAY, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10005
Herve Sedky	officer: CEO & President	EMERALD HOLDING, INC., 100 BROADWAY, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10005
Lynda M Clarizio	director	200 N. MILWAUKEE AVENUE, VERNON HILLS IL 60061
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