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NTT DOCOMO (NTT DOCOMO) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.22 (As of Sep. 2020)


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What is NTT DOCOMO Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

NTT DOCOMO's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was $784 Mil. NTT DOCOMO's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was $2,777 Mil. NTT DOCOMO's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was $16,486 Mil. NTT DOCOMO's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was 0.22.

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

NTDMF's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.1
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

NTT DOCOMO Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for NTT DOCOMO'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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NTT DOCOMO Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

NTT DOCOMO Annual Data
Trend Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.16 0.16 0.10 0.03 0.20

NTT DOCOMO Quarterly Data
Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20
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 0.19 0.21 0.33 0.22 0.22

Competitive Comparison of NTT DOCOMO's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, NTT DOCOMO'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.


NTT DOCOMO's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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



NTT DOCOMO Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

NTT DOCOMO's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(646.761 + 2091.842) / 13508.131
=0.20

NTT DOCOMO's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(783.51 + 2777.003) / 16486.264
=0.22

* 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. 2020) EBITDA data.


NTT DOCOMO  (OTCPK:NTDMF) 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.


NTT DOCOMO Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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NTT DOCOMO (NTT DOCOMO) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Sanno Park Tower, 11-1, Nagata-cho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 100-6150
NTT DoCoMo is Japan's largest wireless telephone operator. It has 78 million subscribers, leading to its market share of approximately 44%. The firm has been a technological leader, introducing wireless Internet access through its i-mode service in 1999, along with the ability to use a handset like a credit card. NTT DoCoMo also owns minority stakes in Philippine Long Distance Telephone, Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong Holdings, and other smaller phone companies. The firm's objective is to have the highest-quality network and customer service in Japan.

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