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Verizon Communications (BSP:VERZ34) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.18 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Verizon Communications Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Verizon Communications's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R$144,398 Mil. Verizon Communications's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R$820,287 Mil. Verizon Communications's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R$231,081 Mil. Verizon Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 4.17.

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

BSP:VERZ34' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.23   Med: 3.05   Max: 4.46
Current: 4.46

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Verizon Communications was 4.46. The lowest was 2.23. And the median was 3.05.

BSP:VERZ34's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
74.53% of 318 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.395 vs BSP:VERZ34: 4.46

Verizon Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Verizon Communications'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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Verizon Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Verizon Communications 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 3.02 3.35 3.62 3.60 4.36

Verizon Communications 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 3.57 10.18 3.61 3.54 4.18

Competitive Comparison of Verizon Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Verizon Communications'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.


Verizon Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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



Verizon Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Verizon Communications'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
=(84467.652 + 772713.159) / 196653.473
=4.36

Verizon Communications'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
=(144398.135 + 820286.625) / 231081.32
=4.17

* 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.


Verizon Communications  (BSP:VERZ34) 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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Verizon Communications Business Description

Address
1095 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA, 10036
Wireless services account for about 70% of Verizon Communications' total service revenue and nearly all of its operating income. The firm serves about 93 million postpaid and 20 million prepaid phone customers via its nationwide network, making it the largest US wireless carrier. Fixed-line telecom operations include local networks in the Northeast, which reach about 30 million homes and businesses and serve about 8 million broadband customers. Verizon also provides telecom services nationwide to enterprise customers, often using a mixture of its own and other carriers' networks. Verizon agreed to acquire Frontier Communications in September 2024.

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