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Willis Towers Watson (LTS:0Y4Q) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.91 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Willis Towers Watson Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Willis Towers Watson's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $773 Mil. Willis Towers Watson's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $5,877 Mil. Willis Towers Watson's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1,700 Mil. Willis Towers Watson's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.91.

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 Willis Towers Watson's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0Y4Q' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.54   Med: 3.09   Max: 5.27
Current: 3.32

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Willis Towers Watson was 5.27. The lowest was 1.54. And the median was 3.09.

LTS:0Y4Q's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
72.6% of 292 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.49 vs LTS:0Y4Q: 3.32

Willis Towers Watson Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Willis Towers Watson'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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Willis Towers Watson Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Willis Towers Watson 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 3.37 3.32 1.54 2.70 2.94

Willis Towers Watson 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 3.10 4.98 4.26 1.61 3.91

Competitive Comparison of Willis Towers Watson's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Insurance Brokers subindustry, Willis Towers Watson'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.


Willis Towers Watson's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Willis Towers Watson's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Willis Towers Watson's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Willis Towers Watson Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Willis Towers Watson'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
=(775 + 5166) / 2019
=2.94

Willis Towers Watson'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
=(773 + 5877) / 1700
=3.91

* 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.


Willis Towers Watson  (LTS:0Y4Q) 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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Willis Towers Watson (LTS:0Y4Q) Business Description

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Address
C/o Willis Group Ltd, 51 Lime Street, London, GBR, EC3M 7DQ
In January 2016, Towers Watson and Willis Group merged to form Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, insurance brokerage, and solutions company. The company operates in two business segments: health, wealth, and career (its consulting operations) and risk and brokering (its brokerage operations). It has about 47,000 employees.

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