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Summer Energy Holdings (Summer Energy Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.78 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Summer Energy Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Summer Energy Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $20.6 Mil. Summer Energy Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.3 Mil. Summer Energy Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.8 Mil. Summer Energy Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.78.

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

SUME' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -7.58   Med: -0.3   Max: 2.39
Current: 2.39

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Summer Energy Holdings was 2.39. The lowest was -7.58. And the median was -0.30.

SUME's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
64.15% of 463 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.63 vs SUME: 2.39

Summer Energy Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Summer Energy Holdings'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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Summer Energy Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Summer Energy Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.36 -2.30 0.72 -1.92 2.39

Summer Energy Holdings Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -2.60 0.19 -1.34 -0.88 3.78

Competitive Comparison of Summer Energy Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Summer Energy Holdings'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.


Summer Energy Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Summer Energy Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Summer Energy Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Summer Energy Holdings'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
=(20.619 + 1.315) / 9.176
=2.39

Summer Energy Holdings'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
=(20.619 + 1.315) / 5.8
=3.78

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Summer Energy Holdings  (OTCPK:SUME) 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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Summer Energy Holdings (Summer Energy Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
5847 San Felipe Street, Suite 3700, Houston, TX, USA, 77057
Summer Energy Holdings Inc operates as a retail electricity provider. It sells electricity and provides related billing, customer service, collections, and remittance services to residential and commercial customers. The company derives revenue from the sale of electricity to residential and small commercial customers.
Executives
Jaleea Pyle George director, officer: CFO, Secretary 5847 SAN FELIPE STREET, #3700, HOUSTON TX 77057
James P Stapleton director
Andrew Bursten director 800 BERING DRIVE, SUITE 260, HOUSTON TX 77057
Jeffery Mace Meeks director 800 BERING DRIVE, SUITE 260, HOUSTON TX 77057
Tom Davis Oleary director, 10 percent owner 5847 SAN FELIPE STREET, #3700, HOUSTON TX 77057
Stuart Charles Gaylor director 7807 MAIN STREET, HOUSTON TX 77030
Neil Leibman director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO, President 5847 SAN FELIPE STREET, #3700, HOUSTON TX 77057
Kelli Jean Mitchell officer: Chief Operating Officer 5847 SAN FELIPE STREET, SUITE 3700, HOUSTON TX 77057
Albert Jr Larose director 24918 PALMER COVE DRIVE, SPRING TX 77389
Angela Hanley officer: Sr VP of Operations & Mktg 800 BERING DRIVE, SUITE 260, HOUSTON TX 77057
Maa Holdings, Ltd. 10 percent owner 515 W. FRIAR TUCK LANE, HOUSTON TX 77024
Michael D Vanderhoof director PO BOX 715, OAKLEY UT 84055
Tom M. Davis Family Lands Trust 10 percent owner 800 BERING DRIVE, SUITE 260, HOUSTON TX 77057
Meryl Lee Roberts 10 percent owner 800 BERING DRIVE, SUITE 260, HOUSTON TX 77057
Andrew J. Priest director 800 BERING DRIVE, SUITE 260, HOUSTON TX 77057

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