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Alphabet (CHIX:ABECD) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.19 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Alphabet Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Alphabet's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €2,677 Mil. Alphabet's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €21,580 Mil. Alphabet's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €128,825 Mil. Alphabet's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.19.

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

CHIX:ABECd' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09   Med: 0.25   Max: 0.43
Current: 0.21

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Alphabet was 0.43. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 0.25.

CHIX:ABECd's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
72.79% of 283 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.79 vs CHIX:ABECd: 0.21

Alphabet Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alphabet'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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Alphabet Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Alphabet 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 0.31 0.43 0.27 0.35 0.29

Alphabet 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 0.30 0.26 0.22 0.22 0.19

Competitive Comparison of Alphabet's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Alphabet'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.


Alphabet's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

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

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



Alphabet Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Alphabet'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
=(2559.347 + 23578.821) / 89839.407
=0.29

Alphabet'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
=(2676.871 + 21579.851) / 128824.98
=0.19

* 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.


Alphabet  (CHIX:ABECd) 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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Alphabet Business Description

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Alphabet is a holding company that wholly owns internet giant Google. The California-based company derives slightly less than 90% of its revenue from Google services, the vast majority of which is advertising sales. Alongside online ads, Google services houses sales stemming from Google's subscription services (YouTube TV, YouTube Music among others), platforms (sales and in-app purchases on Play Store), and devices (Chromebooks, Pixel smartphones, and smart home products such as Chromecast). Google's cloud computing platform, or GCP, accounts for roughly 10% of Alphabet's revenue with the firm's investments in up-and-coming technologies such as self-driving cars (Waymo), health (Verily), and internet access (Google Fiber) making up the rest.

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