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NII Holdings (FRA:NJJ) Debt-to-EBITDA : -5.12 (As of Sep. 2019)


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What is NII Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

NII Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was €0.0 Mil. NII Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was €70.2 Mil. NII Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was €-13.7 Mil. NII Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was -5.12.

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

FRA:NJJ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -81.3   Med: -0.61   Max: 4.67
Current: -2.93

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of NII Holdings was 4.67. The lowest was -81.30. And the median was -0.61.

FRA:NJJ's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.24 vs FRA:NJJ: -2.93

NII Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for NII 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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NII Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

NII Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.04 N/A -0.61 -3.40 -11.45

NII Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19
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 -9.32 -2.72 6.75 -9.14 -5.12

Competitive Comparison of NII Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, NII 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.


NII Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, NII Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



NII Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

NII Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(18.767 + 556.281) / -50.206
=-11.45

NII Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 70.189) / -13.708
=-5.12

* 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 (Sep. 2019) EBITDA data.


NII Holdings  (FRA:NJJ) 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.


NII Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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NII Holdings (FRA:NJJ) Business Description

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Address
12110 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 600, Reston, VA, USA, 20190
NII Holdings was incorporated in Virginia but conducts all of its business in Latin America. The firm provides a push-to-talk wireless service, using technology licensed from Motorola, in four countries. It has more than 9 million customers in total throughout Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. The firm is rolling out 3G wireless services in all these regions over the next few years.

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