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Green Plains (LTS:0J0P) Debt-to-EBITDA : -8.44 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Green Plains Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Green Plains's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $146 Mil. Green Plains's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $544 Mil. Green Plains's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-82 Mil. Green Plains's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -8.44.

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 Green Plains's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0J0P' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -13.77   Med: 5.78   Max: 26.69
Current: 11.32

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Green Plains was 26.69. The lowest was -13.77. And the median was 5.78.

LTS:0J0P's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
89.12% of 1213 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.31 vs LTS:0J0P: 11.32

Green Plains Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Green Plains'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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Green Plains Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Green Plains 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 -10.06 -13.77 6.80 26.69 12.62

Green Plains 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 -6.98 -13.22 3.51 3.77 -8.44

Competitive Comparison of Green Plains's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Chemicals subindustry, Green Plains'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.


Green Plains's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Green Plains's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Green Plains Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Green Plains'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
=(130.713 + 545.797) / 53.598
=12.62

Green Plains'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
=(145.758 + 544.416) / -81.772
=-8.44

* 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.


Green Plains  (LTS:0J0P) 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.


Green Plains Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Green Plains (LTS:0J0P) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1811 Aksarben Drive, Omaha, NE, USA, 68106
Green Plains Inc manufactures and sells ethanol and ethanol byproducts in three segments based on function. The ethanol production segment, which generates the majority of revenue, includes the production of ethanol, grains, and corn oil. The agribusiness and energy services segment includes the grain procurement and commodity marketing business, which markets, sells, and distributes ethanol, distillers grains, and corn oil. The partnership segment provides fuel storage and transportation services.

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