What is tw telecom Debt-to-EBITDA?
Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.
tw telecom's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was €6 Mil. tw telecom's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was €1,409 Mil. tw telecom's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was €382 Mil.
tw telecom's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was 3.70.
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 tw telecom's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:
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s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0 Max: 4.04
Current: 4.04
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of tw telecom was 4.04. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.
tw telecom Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data
The historical data trend for tw telecom'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.
tw telecom Debt-to-EBITDA Chart
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Competitive Comparison of tw telecom's Debt-to-EBITDA
For the Telecom Services subindustry, tw telecom'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.
tw telecom's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, tw telecom's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where tw telecom's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.
tw telecom Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation
Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.
tw telecom's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as
tw telecom's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as
* 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. 2014) EBITDA data.
tw telecom (FRA:TWM) Business Description
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Tw telecom inc was formed in 1998. The Company together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries provide managed network services, specializing in business Ethernet, data networking, Converged, IP-based virtual private network or "IP VPN", Internet access, voice, including voice over Internet Protocol or "VoIP", and network security services to enterprise organizations, including public sector entities, and carriers throughout the U.S., including global locations. It offers a portfolio of solutions to its customers with predictable and reliable service quality. It designs and deliver scalable and efficient solutions that enable its customers complex and evolving business applications. These solutions emphasize its data networking service offerings, which include an expanding portfolio of business Ethernet data services, managed network services and its converged service offerings comprised of data, Internet, voice, security, remote access and managed routers. It also provides a broad range of traditional services, including a dedicated network service portfolio with private line, special access and private transport services, voice services and secure Internet access. Its customers include enterprise organizations in a wide variety of industry segments, including, among others, the financial services, technology and science, health care, distribution, manufacturing and professional services industries, data centers, cloud application providers, public sector entities, system integrators and communications service providers, including ILECs, CLECs, wireless communications companies and cable companies. Its primary competition is from the ILECs, CLECs and cable companies. The ILECs, primarily AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications, Inc. and CenturyLink Inc., other CLECs and some cable companies offer services substantially similar to some of those it offers and target some of the same customers. The Company is subject to regulation by the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC"), state regulatory authorities and local government agencies.
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