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Hess (HES) Debt-to-EBITDA

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

Hess's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $681 Mil. Hess's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8,917 Mil. Hess's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,640 Mil. Hess's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.70.

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

HES' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -29.46   Med: 1.72   Max: 173.47
Current: 1.87

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Hess was 173.47. The lowest was -29.46. And the median was 1.72.

HES's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
53.7% of 717 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.73 vs HES: 1.87

Hess Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hess'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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Hess 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 2.91 -29.46 2.60 1.58 1.87

Hess 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 1.49 1.89 2.35 1.52 1.70

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Hess'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.


Hess Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Hess's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Hess Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Hess'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
=(681 + 8917) / 5142
=1.87

Hess'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
=(681 + 8917) / 5640
=1.70

* 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.


Hess  (NYSE:HES) 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.


Hess Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Hess (HES) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA, 10036
Hess is an independent oil and gas producer with key assets in the Bakken Shale, Guyana, the Gulf of Mexico, and Southeast Asia. At the end of 2022, the company reported net proved reserves of 1.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Net production averaged 344 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2022, at a ratio of 72% oil and natural gas liquids and 28% natural gas.
Executives
Barbara J Lowery-yilmaz officer: Senior Vice President HESS CORPORATION, 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Andrew P Slentz officer: Senior Vice President 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Gregory P. Hill officer: Executive Vice President HESS CORPORATION, 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
John P Rielly officer: Senior Vice President 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Richard D. Lynch officer: Senior Vice President HESS CORPORATION, 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Timothy B. Goodell director, officer: Executive Vice President HESS CORPORATION, 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Geurt G Schoonman officer: Senior Vice President HESS CORPORATION, 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
John B Hess director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of the Board and CEO C/O HESS CORPORATION, 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Lisa Glatch director EVOQUA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CORP., 210 SIXTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Raymond J Mcguire director 5 GIRALDA FARMS, MADISON NJ 07940
Marc S Lipschultz director C/O BLUE OWL CAPITAL INC., 399 PARK AVENUE, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Karyn F. Ovelmen director STATIONSPLEIN 45, ROTTERDAM P7 3013AK
Michael R Turner officer: Senior Vice President HESS CORPORATION, 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Terrence J. Checki director HESS CORPORATION, 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Edith E Holiday director FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC, 901 MARINERS ISLAND BLVD 6TH FL, SAN MATEO CA 94404