United Therapeutics (FRA:UTH) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.54 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is United Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

United Therapeutics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €367 Mil. United Therapeutics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €275 Mil. United Therapeutics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,189 Mil. United Therapeutics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.54.

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 United Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:UTH' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -11.35 Med: 0.41 Max: 1.21
Current: 0.51

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of United Therapeutics was 1.21. The lowest was -11.35. And the median was 0.41.

FRA:UTH's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
67.51% of 277 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.36 vs FRA:UTH: 0.51

United Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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United Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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-11.35

1.12

1.21

0.77

0.51

United Therapeutics Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.98	0.63	0.55	0.53	0.54

Competitive Comparison of United Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Biotechnology subindustry, United Therapeutics'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.

United Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, United Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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United Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

United Therapeutics'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
	=	(366.8	+	275.1)	/	1271.696
	=	0.50

United Therapeutics'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
	=	(366.8	+	275.1)	/	1189.164
	=	0.54

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.

United Therapeutics (FRA:UTH) 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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United Therapeutics (FRA:UTH) Business Description

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1040 Spring Street, Silver Spring, MD, USA, 20910

Website

https://www.unither.com

United Therapeutics specializes in drug development for pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare and progressive disease marked by abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. The company's therapies for PAH largely focus on the prostacyclin pathway, and many of its treatments are based on the same molecule, treprostinil. Most of the company's sales are generated within the United States. United Therapeutics also markets a pediatric oncology drug, but its focus largely remains in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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