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Primoris Services (Primoris Services) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 3.28 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Primoris Services's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $169 Mil. Primoris Services's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,149 Mil. Primoris Services's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $401 Mil. Primoris Services's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.28.

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 Primoris Services's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

PRIM' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.44   Med: 2.1   Max: 4.53
Current: 3.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Primoris Services was 4.53. The lowest was 1.44. And the median was 2.10.

PRIM's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
63.36% of 1302 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.355 vs PRIM: 3.63

Primoris Services Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Primoris Services'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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Primoris Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.68 2.13 2.98 4.53 3.63

Primoris Services Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.59 6.93 3.45 3.05 3.28

Competitive Comparison

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Primoris Services'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.


Primoris Services Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Primoris Services's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Primoris Services Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Primoris Services'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
=(169.314 + 1148.823) / 362.881
=3.63

Primoris Services'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
=(169.314 + 1148.823) / 401.424
=3.28

* 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.


Primoris Services  (NYSE:PRIM) 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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Primoris Services (Primoris Services) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2300 N. Field Street, Suite 1900, Dallas, TX, USA, 75201
Primoris Services Corp is a specialty contractor and infrastructure company in the United States. It has three operating segments. The Utility segment specializes in a range of services, including the installation and maintenance of new and existing natural gas distribution systems, electric utility distribution and transmission systems, and communications systems. The pipeline segment constructs and maintains pipelines for the petroleum and petrochemical industries. The Energy/Renewables segment includes engineering, procurement, construction, retrofits, highway and bridge construction, demolition, and other services. The Energy/Renewables segment earns the majority of the revenue. Primoris earns most of its revenue in the U.S.
Executives
Thomas Edward Mccormick officer: Chief Operating Officer 2100 MCKINNEY AVE, SUITE 1500, DALLAS TX 75201
Stephen C. Cook director 7500 SAN FELIPE, STE. 600, HOUSTON TX 77063
David Lee King officer: Chief Operating Officer 2100 MCKINNEY AVE, SUITE 1500, DALLAS TX 75201
John M. Perisich officer: Senior VP and General Counsel, other: Member - see remark 26000 COMMERCENTRE DR., LAKE FOREST CA 92630
John Schauerman director, officer: Chief Financial Officer, other: Member - see remark 26000 COMMERCENTRE DR., LAKE FOREST CA 92630
Moreno John F Jr officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O PRIMORIS SERVICES CORPORATION, 2300 NORTH FIELD ST, SUITE 1900, DALLAS TX 75201
Michael E. Ching director C/O PRIMORIS SERVICES CORPORATION, 2300 N FIELD STREET, SUITE 1900, DALLAS TX 75201
Terry D Mccallister director 1100 H ST NW, WASHINGTON DC 20080
Jose Ramon Rodriguez director PRIMORIS SERVICES CORPORATION, 2300 NORTH FIELD STREET, SUITE 1900, DALLAS TX 75201
Thomas E. Tucker director 3 UPPER NEWPORT PLAZA DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Patricia K Wagner director 1720 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95020
Kenneth Morris Dodgen officer: Corporate Controller 2100 MCKINNEY AVE, SUITE 1500, DALLAS TX 75201
Brian Pratt director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, CEO & President, other: Member - see remark 5950 BERKSHIRE LANE, SUITE 800, DALLAS TX 75225
Carla S Mashinski director 8200 S. UNIT DRIVE, TULSA OK 74132
Travis L Stricker officer: Chief Accounting Officer 2103 RESEARCH FOREST DRIVE, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380