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Telia Company AB (Telia Company AB) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.92 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Telia Company AB Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Telia Company AB's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $845 Mil. Telia Company AB's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $9,327 Mil. Telia Company AB's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2,595 Mil. Telia Company AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.92.

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 Telia Company AB's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TLSNY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.14   Med: 2.8   Max: 4.76
Current: 2.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Telia Company AB was 4.76. The lowest was 1.14. And the median was 2.80.

TLSNY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
52.52% of 318 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.235 vs TLSNY: 2.14

Telia Company AB Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Telia Company AB'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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Telia Company AB Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Telia Company AB 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 3.79 4.76 1.14 3.21 3.54

Telia Company AB Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 2.38 2.16 1.84 0.99 3.92

Competitive Comparison of Telia Company AB's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Telia Company AB'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.


Telia Company AB's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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



Telia Company AB Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Telia Company AB'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
=(1371.568 + 9062.939) / 2944.158
=3.54

Telia Company AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(844.755 + 9327.269) / 2595.256
=3.92

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Telia Company AB  (OTCPK:TLSNY) 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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Telia Company AB (Telia Company AB) Business Description

Address
Stjarntorget 1, Solna, Stockholm, SWE, 169 94
Telia is the incumbent telecommunications operator in Sweden but is also present in Norway, Finland, Denmark, and the Baltic countries. In the past five years, Telia has been narrowing its business focus, divesting businesses in Asia and focusing on its core markets. In 2022 Telia had revenue of more than SEK 90 billion, with the majority of it coming from the Nordic markets.

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