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Gray Television (Gray Television) Debt-to-EBITDA

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

Gray Television's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $26 Mil. Gray Television's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,214 Mil. Gray Television's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $792 Mil. Gray Television's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.88.

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 Gray Television's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

GTN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.14   Med: 5.61   Max: 10.8
Current: 8.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Gray Television was 10.80. The lowest was 4.14. And the median was 5.61.

GTN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
87.39% of 674 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.65 vs GTN: 8.50

Gray Television Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gray Television'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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Gray Television 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 5.24 4.14 10.80 4.83 8.50

Gray Television 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 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 3.71 10.01 7.39 9.38 7.88

Competitive Comparison

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Gray Television'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.


Gray Television Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Gray Television's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gray Television Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Gray Television'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
=(26 + 6214) / 734
=8.50

Gray Television'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
=(26 + 6214) / 792
=7.88

* 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.


Gray Television  (NYSE:GTN) 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.


Gray Television Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Gray Television (Gray Television) Business Description

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Address
4370 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30319
Gray Television Inc is a television broadcast company. The company is engaged in owning and operating television stations. It also owns video program production, marketing, and digital business. The company has two segments namely, Broadcasting and Production companies. It generates revenue maximum revenue from the Broadcasting segment.
Executives
Richard Lee Boger director
T L Elder director 5087 PINE BARK CIRCLE, DUNWOODY GA 30338
Robin Robinson Howell director 3656 TUXEDO ROAD NW, ATLANTA GA 30305
Howell Hilton H Jr director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, N.E., ATLANTA GA 30319
Sandra Breland Mcnamara officer: Executive Vice President, COO 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Harriett J Robinson director
Paul Mctear director 1451 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD, SUITE 300, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
D Patrick Laplatney director 1451 WEST CYPRUS CREEK ROAD, SUITE 300, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Cowart Jackson S Iv officer: Chief Accounting Officer 126 N WASHINGTON STREET, ALBANY GA 31701
James C Ryan officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Lorri Mcclain director 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Robert Lawrence Smith officer: SVP & COO 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, SUITE 400, ATLANTA GA 30319
Kevin Paul Latek officer: EVP Chief L & D Officer 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Spainhour Sterling A Jr. director 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Bankers Fidelity Life Insurance Co 10 percent owner 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, ATLANTA GA 30319