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IQVIA Holdings (IQVIA Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA

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

IQVIA Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $718 Mil. IQVIA Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $13,178 Mil. IQVIA Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,480 Mil. IQVIA Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.99.

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

IQV' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.16   Med: 5.17   Max: 8.48
Current: 4.27

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of IQVIA Holdings was 8.48. The lowest was 3.16. And the median was 5.17.

IQV's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
74.53% of 106 companies
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry
Industry Median: 1.8 vs IQV: 4.27

IQVIA Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for IQVIA Holdings'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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IQVIA Holdings 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 6.02 6.22 4.50 4.47 4.27

IQVIA Holdings 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 4.28 4.44 4.37 4.19 3.99

Competitive Comparison

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, IQVIA Holdings'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.


IQVIA Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, IQVIA Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



IQVIA Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

IQVIA Holdings'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
=(718 + 13178) / 3256
=4.27

IQVIA Holdings'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
=(718 + 13178) / 3480
=3.99

* 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.


IQVIA Holdings  (NYSE:IQV) 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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IQVIA Holdings (IQVIA Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2400 Ellis Road, Durham, NC, USA, 27703
IQVIA is the result of the 2016 merger of Quintiles, a leading global contract research organization, and IMS Health, a leading healthcare data and analytics provider. The Research & Development segment focuses primarily on providing outsourced late-stage clinical trials for pharmaceutical, device, and diagnostic firms. The technology and analytics segment provides aggregated information and technology services to clients in the healthcare industry, including pharmaceutical companies, providers, payers, and policymakers, as well as data and analytics capabilities for clinical trials, including virtual trials. The company also has a small contract sales business.
Executives
Kevin C Knightly officer: Pres Info & Tech Solutions 1499 POST ROAD, FAIRFIELD CT 06824
Panagos Constantinos officer: See Remarks 4280 EMPEROR BLVD, DURHAM NC 27703
Eric Sherbet officer: See Remarks 100 IMS DRIVE, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054-4235
Keriann Cherofsky officer: See Remarks 4280 EMPEROR BLVD, DURHAM NC 27703
Sheila A Stamps director C/O CIT GROUP, 1 CIT DRIVE, ATTN: GENERAL COUNSEL, LIVINGSTON NJ 07039
Morris Leslie Wims director 4280 EMPEROR BLVD, DURHAM NC 27703
John Connaughton director, 10 percent owner BAIN CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, JOHN HANCOCK TOWER, 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Ronald E Bruehlman officer: See Remarks C/O IQVIA HOLDINGS, INC., 83 WOOSTER HEIGHTS ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810
Ronald A Rittenmeyer director 5400 LEGACY DRIVE, PLANO TX 75024
Ari Bousbib director, officer: Chairman, CEO & Pres UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP, ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA, HARTFORD CT 06101
W Richard Staub officer: See Remarks
Tpg Group Holdings (sbs) Advisors, Inc. 10 percent owner C/O TPG GLOBAL, LLC, 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3300, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Michael J Evanisko director BRAUN CONSULTING, 20 W KINZIE STREET SUITE 1600, CHICAGO IL 60610
Michael R Mcdonnell officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O IQVIA HOLDINGS INC., 83 WOOSTER HEIGHTS ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810
John M. Leonard director C/O INTELLIA THERAPEUTICS INC, 40 ERIE STREET, SUITE 130, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139

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