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Lumen Technologies (BSP:L1MN34) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.31 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Lumen Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Lumen Technologies's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R$3,755 Mil. Lumen Technologies's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R$100,467 Mil. Lumen Technologies's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R$19,626 Mil. Lumen Technologies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 5.31.

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

BSP:L1MN34' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.32   Med: 4.66   Max: 16.85
Current: 9.41

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Lumen Technologies was 16.85. The lowest was -3.32. And the median was 4.66.

BSP:L1MN34's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
90.88% of 318 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.395 vs BSP:L1MN34: 9.41

Lumen Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lumen Technologies'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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Lumen Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Lumen Technologies 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 16.85 5.76 3.56 5.84 -3.32

Lumen Technologies Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 5.23 -4.60 4.15 4.39 5.31

Competitive Comparison of Lumen Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Lumen Technologies'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.


Lumen Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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



Lumen Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Lumen Technologies'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
=(2082.415 + 97167.934) / -29859.381
=-3.32

Lumen Technologies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3754.628 + 100466.768) / 19625.964
=5.31

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


Lumen Technologies  (BSP:L1MN34) 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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Lumen Technologies Business Description

Address
100 CenturyLink Drive, Monroe, LA, USA, 71203
With 450,000 route miles of fiber, Lumen Technologies is one of the United States' largest telecommunications carriers serving global enterprises. Its merger with Level 3 in 2017 and divestiture of much of its incumbent local exchange carrier, or ILEC, business in 2022 has shifted the company's operations away from its legacy consumer business and toward enterprises (now about 75% of revenue). Lumen offers businesses a full menu of communications services, providing colocation and data center services, data transportation, and end-user phone and internet service. On the consumer side, Lumen provides broadband and phone service across 37 states, where it has 4.5 million broadband customers.

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