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Primerica (Primerica) Debt-to-EBITDA

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

Primerica's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. Primerica's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,042 Mil. Primerica's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $843 Mil. Primerica's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.42.

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

PRI' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.84   Med: 2.76   Max: 3.21
Current: 2.53

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Primerica was 3.21. The lowest was 1.84. And the median was 2.76.

PRI's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
68.38% of 291 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.49 vs PRI: 2.53

Primerica Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Primerica'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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Primerica 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 3.07 3.21 2.90 3.06 2.52

Primerica 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 2.58 2.94 2.55 2.44 2.42

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Primerica'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.


Primerica Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Primerica's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Primerica Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Primerica'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
=(0 + 2041.659) / 810.238
=2.52

Primerica'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
=(0 + 2041.659) / 843.172
=2.42

* 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.


Primerica  (NYSE:PRI) 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.


Primerica Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Primerica (Primerica) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Primerica Parkway, Duluth, GA, USA, 30099
Primerica Inc is a provider of financial services to middle-income households in the United States and Canada. The company offers life insurance, mutual funds, annuities, and other financial products, distributed primarily on behalf of third parties. Primerica has three main subsidiaries: Primerica Financial Services, a marketing company; Primerica Life Insurance Company, a principal life insurance underwriting entity; and PFS Investments, which offers investment and savings products, brokerage services, and registered investment advisory. It has four segments Term Life Insurance; Investment and Savings Products; Senior Health; and Corporate and Other Distributed Products. Geogriphically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the US.
Executives
Alison S. Rand officer: Executive VP and CFO 3120 BRECKINRIDGE BLVD., DULUTH GA 30099
Glenn J. Williams officer: President 3120 BRECKINRIDGE BLVD., DULUTH GA 30099
Tracy Xiangyan Tan officer: Executive VP, Finance 5168 LONG ISLAND DR NW, ATLANTA GA 30327
Peter W. Schneider officer: Exec. VP and General Counsel 3120 BRECKINRIDGE BLVD., DULUTH GA 30099
Addison John A. Jr. director, officer: Co-Chief Executive Officer 3120 BRECKINRIDGE BLVD., DULUTH GA 30099
Gregory C. Pitts officer: Executive VP and COO 3120 BRECKINRIDGE BLVD., DULUTH GA 30099
P George Benson director NUTRITION 21, INC., 4 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, PURCHASE NY 10577
Amber Lynne Cottle director 3921 MILITARY ROAD NW, WASHINGTON DC 20015
Joel M. Babbit director 3120 BRECKINRIDGE BLVD., DULUTH GA 30099
Sanjeev Dheer director 22 MURRAY HILL ROAD, SCARSDALE NY 10583
Barbara A. Yastine director 3120 BRECKINRIDGE BLVD., DULUTH GA 30099
William A. Kelly officer: President of Subsidiary 3120 BRECKINRIDGE BLVD., DULUTH GA 30099
Robert F Mccullough director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, SUITE 2300, ATLANTA GA 300309
C Saxby Chambliss director ONE ATLANTIC CENTER, 1201 WEST PEACHTREE STREET, SUITE 2800, ATLANTA GA 30309
Jeffrey S. Fendler officer: President of Subsidiary 3120 BRECKINRIDGE BLVD., DULUTH GA 30099