Intact Financial (TSX:IFC) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.52 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Intact Financial Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Intact Financial's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0 Mil. Intact Financial's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$5,741 Mil. Intact Financial's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$3,780 Mil. Intact Financial's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.52.

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

TSX:IFC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.02 Med: 1.86 Max: 2.4
Current: 2.19

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Intact Financial was 2.40. The lowest was 1.02. And the median was 1.86.

TSX:IFC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
62.8% of 293 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.49 vs TSX:IFC: 2.19

Intact Financial Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Intact Financial's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Intact Financial Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Intact Financial Annual Data

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2.40

1.95

1.78

1.41

2.19

Intact Financial 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															2.15	1.82	2.49	3.57	1.52

Competitive Comparison of Intact Financial's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Intact Financial'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.

Intact Financial's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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

Intact Financial Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Intact Financial'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	+	5741)	/	2623
	=	2.19

Intact Financial'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	+	5741)	/	3780
	=	1.52

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.

Intact Financial (TSX:IFC) 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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Intact Financial (TSX:IFC) Business Description

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Address

700 University Avenue, Suite 1500, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5G 0A1

Website

https://www.intactfc.com

Intact Financial Corp is a property and casualty insurance company that provides written premiums in Canada. The company distributes insurance under the Intact Insurance brand through a network of brokers and a wholly-owned subsidiary, BrokerLink, and directly to consumers through Belairdirect. Most of the company's direct premiums are written in the personal automotive space. Intact directly manages its investments through subsidiary Intact Investment Management. The vast majority of these invested assets are fixed-income securities. Its asset mix is designed to generate interest and dividend income.

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