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Blade Air Mobility (Blade Air Mobility) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.18 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Blade Air Mobility Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Blade Air Mobility's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.8 Mil. Blade Air Mobility's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $19.7 Mil. Blade Air Mobility's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-135.3 Mil. Blade Air Mobility's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.18.

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 Blade Air Mobility's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BLDE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.4   Med: -0.29   Max: -0.03
Current: -0.4

During the past 5 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Blade Air Mobility was -0.03. The lowest was -0.40. And the median was -0.29.

BLDE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 851 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.83 vs BLDE: -0.40

Blade Air Mobility Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blade Air Mobility'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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Blade Air Mobility Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Blade Air Mobility Annual Data
Trend Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
- -0.19 -0.03 -0.38 -0.40

Blade Air Mobility Quarterly Data
Sep19 Sep20 Dec20 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 -0.26 -0.56 -0.58 -1.09 -0.18

Competitive Comparison of Blade Air Mobility's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Airports & Air Services subindustry, Blade Air Mobility'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.


Blade Air Mobility's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Blade Air Mobility's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Blade Air Mobility's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Blade Air Mobility Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Blade Air Mobility'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
=(4.787 + 19.738) / -61.006
=-0.40

Blade Air Mobility'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
=(4.787 + 19.738) / -135.308
=-0.18

* 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.


Blade Air Mobility  (NAS:BLDE) 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.


Blade Air Mobility Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Blade Air Mobility (Blade Air Mobility) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
55 Hudson Yards, 14th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10016
Blade Air Mobility Inc is a technology-powered air mobility platform that provides consumers with a cost-effective and time-efficient alternative to ground transportation for congested routes. The company's Passenger reporting segment arranges charter and by-the-seat flights using helicopters, jets, turboprops, and amphibious seaplanes operating in various locations throughout the United States and abroad. The company's Medical reporting segment includes air medical transporters of human organs in the United States, providing end-to-end logistics for transplant centers and organ procurement organizations utilizing helicopters, jets, turboprops and ground vehicles.
Executives
Seth J Bacon officer: CEO, Trinity Air Medical C/O BLADE AIR MOBILITY, INC., 55 HUDSON YARDS, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Robert S Wiesenthal director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O SONY CORP OF AMERICA, 550 MADISON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10022
William A. Heyburn officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BLADE AIR MOBILITY, INC., 31 HUDSON YARDS, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Melissa M. Tomkiel officer: President and General Counsel C/O BLADE AIR MOBILITY, INC., 31 HUDSON YARDS, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Amir Cohen officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O BLADE AIR MOBILITY, INC., 31 HUDSON YARDS, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Reginald Love director C/O BRIGHTSPHERE INC., 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Eric Affeldt director ONE CEDAR POINT DRIVE, SANDUSKY OH 44870
John Borthwick director C/O BLADE AIR MOBILITY, INC., 55 HUDSON YARDS, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Andrew Lauck director 667 MADISON AVE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10065
Brandon A. Keene officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O BLADE AIR MOBILITY, INC., 31 HUDSON YARDS, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Anatoli Arkhipenko officer: Chief Technology Officer 145 PARK PL, APT 5G, BROOKLYN NY 11217
Kenneth B Lerer director
Edward M Philip director C/O HASBRO, INC., 1011 NEWPORT AVENUE, PAWTUCKET RI 02861
Susan M Lyne director 11 WEST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10036
Jane C Garvey director P.O. BOX 66100 - HDQLD, CHICAGO IL 60666