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PG&E (PCG) Debt-to-EBITDA

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

PG&E's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,686 Mil. PG&E's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $52,047 Mil. PG&E's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8,976 Mil. PG&E's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.43.

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 PG&E's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

PCG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.57   Med: 3.84   Max: 10.02
Current: 7.92

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of PG&E was 10.02. The lowest was -3.57. And the median was 3.84.

PCG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
84.35% of 460 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.515 vs PCG: 7.92

PG&E Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for PG&E'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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PG&E 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 -0.55 10.02 8.03 8.57 7.92

PG&E 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 10.21 7.25 8.14 9.80 6.43

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, PG&E'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.


PG&E Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, PG&E's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



PG&E Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

PG&E'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
=(5686 + 52047) / 7287
=7.92

PG&E'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
=(5686 + 52047) / 8976
=6.43

* 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.


PG&E  (NYSE:PCG) 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.


PG&E Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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PG&E (PCG) Business Description

Address
300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA, USA, 94612
PG&E is a holding company whose main subsidiary is Pacific Gas and Electric, a regulated utility operating in Central and Northern California that serves 5.3 million electricity customers and 4.6 million gas customers in 47 of the state's 58 counties. PG&E operated under bankruptcy court supervision between January 2019 and June 2020. In 2004, PG&E sold its unregulated assets as part of an earlier postbankruptcy reorganization.
Executives
Cheryl F. Campbell director C/O 77 BEALE ST., P.O. BOX 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Carolyn Jeanne Burke officer: EVP Finance C/O EXCELERATE ENERGY, INC., 2445 TECHNOLOGY FOREST BLVD., LEVEL 6, THE WOODLANDS TX 77381
Patricia K Poppe director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 77 BEALE STREET, POB 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Edward G Cannizzaro director 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA 94568
Stephanie N Williams officer: VP and Controller 77 BEALE STREET, PO BOX 77000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Pg&e Fire Victim Trust 10 percent owner TWO EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 1500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
William Lloyd Smith director 46429 LANDING PARKWAY, FREMONT CA 94538
Marlene Santos other: EVP, CCO at PG&E Company 77 BEALE STREET, P.O. BOX 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94117
Carlos M Hernandez director
Adam L Wright other: EVP, Ops & COO at PG&E Company 77 BEALE STREET, P.O. BOX 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Julius Cox officer: EVP/Ppl, Shrd Svcs & Spply Chn 77 BEALE STREET, POB 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Sumeet Singh officer: EVP/CRO & Chf Safety Ofc 77 BEALE STREET, PO BOX 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Ajay Waghray officer: SVP & Chf Information Ofc C/O ASSURANT, INC., 28 LIBERTY STREET, 41 FL., NEW YORK NY 1
Carla J Peterman officer: EVP/Corp. Affairs & CSO 77 BEALE STREET, P.O. BOX 77000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Christopher A Foster officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 77 BEALE ST., P.O. BOX 770000, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177