CHRUF (Chorus) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.93 (As of Jun. 2024)

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What is Chorus Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Chorus's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $74.9 Mil. Chorus's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $1,642.1 Mil. Chorus's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $437.1 Mil. Chorus's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 3.93.

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

CHRUF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.67 Med: 3.89 Max: 4.09
Current: 3.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Chorus was 4.09. The lowest was 2.67. And the median was 3.89.

CHRUF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
70.13% of 318 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.395 vs CHRUF: 3.97

Chorus Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chorus's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Chorus Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Chorus Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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3.93

4.06

4.09

4.01

3.97

Chorus Semi-Annual Data
	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23	Jun24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															4.70	3.78	4.07	4.09	3.93

Competitive Comparison of Chorus's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Chorus'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.

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

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

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

Chorus Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Chorus's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(74.893	+	1642.112)	/	432.781
	=	3.97

Chorus's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(74.893	+	1642.112)	/	437.078
	=	3.93

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. 2024) EBITDA data.

Chorus (OTCPK:CHRUF) 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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Address

1 Willis Street, Level 10, Wellington, NTL, NZL

Website

https://www.chorus.co.nz

Chorus is New Zealand's biggest fixed-line communications infrastructure entity. It completed the government's rollout of ultra-fast broadband a fiber-to-the-premises network covering 87% of the population in New Zealand in December 2022. Chorus offers wholesale access to the country's only nationwide copper and fiber network. This allows around 100 retail service providers to enable consumers and business to connect to the internet and other telecommunications products. Chorus also provides backhaul services to retail service providers and connects mobile telephony towers.