Ribbon Communications (FRA:NU42) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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FRA:NU42 Ribbon Communications Inc FRA:NU42
50 GF Score
Price €1.47
GF Value €2.45
Valuation Possible Value Trap
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What is Ribbon Communications Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Ribbon Communications's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €17.8 Mil. Ribbon Communications's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €329.4 Mil. Ribbon Communications's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €0.8 Mil. Ribbon Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 425.90.

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

FRA:NU42' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -23.75   Med: -1.75   Max: 14.15
Current: 14.15

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Ribbon Communications was 14.15. The lowest was -23.75. And the median was -1.75.

FRA:NU42's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
95.6% of 1727 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.99 vs FRA:NU42: 14.15

Ribbon Communications  (FRA:NU42) 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.

Ribbon Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Ribbon Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Ribbon 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.

Ribbon Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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FRA:NU42 vs SVMB, BLND, ALIT: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Ribbon 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.

Ribbon Communications Debt-to-EBITDA vs Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Ribbon Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Ribbon Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Ribbon Communications'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
=(17.411554344587 + 327.54395674571) / 35.790172915261
=9.64

Ribbon Communications'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
=(17.847459109595 + 329.40260648998) / 0.8153368140724
=425.90

* 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 (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Ribbon Communications (FRA:NU42) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Ribbon Communications stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €1.47 is trading 40% below its estimated GF Value™ of €2.45. GuruFocus considers Ribbon Communications to be Possible Value Trap.

Key valuation signals for FRA:NU42:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €2.45 vs. price of €1.47 (40% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 50/100 with 3 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the FRA:NU42 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Ribbon Communications Business Description

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Address 6500 Chase Oaks Boulevard, Suite 100, Plano, TX, USA, 75023
Ribbon Communications Inc provides communications technology to service providers and enterprises, offering software and high-performance hardware products, network solutions, and services for secure data and voice communications, as well as high-bandwidth networking for residential and enterprise customers across industries such as finance, education, government, utilities, and transportation. It operates through two segments: Cloud and Edge, which generate maximum revenue and deliver software-centric, cloud-native solutions for VoIP, VoLTE, VoNR, and unified communications, and IP Optical Networks, which support growing telecommunications traffic from 5G, distributed cloud computing, and other applications. The Company generates the majority of its revenue from the United States.
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