BGAOY (Proximus) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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BGAOY Proximus SA BGAOY
56 GF Score
Price $1.45
GF Value $1.24
Valuation Modestly Overvalued
! 8 Warning Signs
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What is Proximus Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Proximus's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $207 Mil. Proximus's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $6,330 Mil. Proximus's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $2,506 Mil. Proximus's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 2.61.

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

BGAOY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.25   Med: 1.74   Max: 3.99
Current: 3.99

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Proximus was 3.99. The lowest was 1.25. And the median was 1.74.

BGAOY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
76.24% of 303 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 1.84 vs BGAOY: 3.99

Proximus  (OTCPK:BGAOY) 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.


Proximus Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Proximus Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Proximus'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.

Proximus Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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BGAOY vs VZ, TMUS, T: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Proximus'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.


Proximus Debt-to-EBITDA vs Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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


BGAOY
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Proximus Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Proximus's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(191.43535 + 6655.60815) / 2272.9559924901
=3.01

Proximus's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(206.9373 + 6330.4521) / 2505.6266817144
=2.61

* 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 two times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Proximus (BGAOY) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Proximus stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $1.45 is trading 16.9% above its estimated GF Value™ of $1.24. GuruFocus considers Proximus to be Modestly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for BGAOY:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $1.24 vs. price of $1.45 (16.9% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 56/100 with 8 warning signs

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Proximus Business Description

Address Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 27 B, Proximus Towers, Brussels, BEL, B-1030
Proximus is the incumbent telecom operator in Belgium. The firm has around 45% share of the broadband market and 30% of the postpaid mobile market, competing with Telenet and Orange. Proximus is rolling out fiber to the home in Belgium and expects to have 95% of the country covered by 2032. Its international carrier services division, BICS, is one of the four largest in the world, serving more than 250 operators, which was strengthened with the acquisition of Telesign.
56GF Score

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$1.24
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