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Sky Deutschland AG (Sky Deutschland AG) Debt-to-EBITDA : 15.88 (As of Dec. 2013)


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What is Sky Deutschland AG Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sky Deutschland AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was $26 Mil. Sky Deutschland AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was $730 Mil. Sky Deutschland AG's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was $48 Mil. Sky Deutschland AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was 15.88.

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 Sky Deutschland AG's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SKDTY's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 1.67
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Sky Deutschland AG Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sky Deutschland AG'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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Sky Deutschland AG Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sky Deutschland AG Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -2.38 -0.68 -1.44 -2.74 -12.79

Sky Deutschland AG Semi-Annual Data
Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.68 -1.44 -2.74 -12.79 15.88

Competitive Comparison of Sky Deutschland AG's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Sky Deutschland AG'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.


Sky Deutschland AG's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Sky Deutschland AG's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sky Deutschland AG Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sky Deutschland AG's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(524.31 + 283.11) / -63.118
=-12.79

Sky Deutschland AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(25.626 + 730.008) / 47.586
=15.88

* 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 one times the quarterly (Dec. 2013) EBITDA data.


Sky Deutschland AG  (OTCPK:SKDTY) 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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Sky Deutschland AG (Sky Deutschland AG) Business Description

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Sky Deutschland AG is a Germany-based holding company established in 2002. The Company along with its subsidiaries operates a pay-TV business in Germany and Austria under the Sky trademark. The Company's package includes: Sky Welt Package, Fußball Bundesliga Package, Premium Bundesliga HD channels, Sport Package, Premium Sport HD Channels, Film Package and Premium Film HD Channels. The Company is also engaged in the purchase, sale and distribution of rights to films, series and TV productions, the acquisition, sale and distribution of broadcasting rights for public events, the arrangement of program magazine subscriptions, and other activities associated with the operation of the pay-TV business. The Company's services includes: Sky Go, Sky+, Sky Anytime, and Sky Home. Its offers channels of various genres, which includes; Sky Sports News HD, Sky Cinema HD, Sky Atlantic HD, Sky Sport HD, Sky Bundesliga and Sky Select HD. The Company competes with platform operators offering both pay-TV packages and VoD services. It also competes with over-the-top players who provide video-on-demand and subscription-video-on-demand entertainment via the Internet.

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