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Deutsche Telekom AG (Deutsche Telekom AG) Interest Coverage

: 2.05 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Deutsche Telekom AG's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,232 Mil. Deutsche Telekom AG's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2,553 Mil. Deutsche Telekom AG's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.05. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Deutsche Telekom AG interest coverage is 2.88, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Deutsche Telekom AG's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

DTEGY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.66   Med: 2.52   Max: 3.73
Current: 2.88


DTEGY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
65.52% of 290 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 4.64 vs DTEGY: 2.88

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Deutsche Telekom AG Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Deutsche Telekom AG's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Deutsche Telekom AG Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.34 2.48 2.64 2.48 2.97

Deutsche Telekom AG Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.04 2.95 3.42 3.55 2.05

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Deutsche Telekom AG's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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.


Deutsche Telekom AG Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Deutsche Telekom AG's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Deutsche Telekom AG's Interest Coverage falls into.



Deutsche Telekom AG Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Deutsche Telekom AG's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Deutsche Telekom AG's Interest Expense was $-7,769 Mil. Its Operating Income was $23,082 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $138,966 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*23081.788/-7768.811
=2.97

Deutsche Telekom AG's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Deutsche Telekom AG's Interest Expense was $-2,553 Mil. Its Operating Income was $5,232 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $138,966 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*5232.279/-2552.89
=2.05

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Deutsche Telekom AG  (OTCPK:DTEGY) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Deutsche Telekom AG (Deutsche Telekom AG) Business Description

Address
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140, Bonn, DEU, 53113
Deutsche Telekom is the incumbent telecom operator in Germany and remains the dominant player in both mobile and fixed markets. It also owns a controlling stake in T-Mobile US—one of three primary wireless carriers in the United States—which merged with Sprint in 2020, consolidating the market from four to three operators. Aside from its two core markets, Deutsche Telekom also has operations in several Central European countries and holds an IT arm (Systems Solutions).

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