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Cable One (FRA:XC1) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.54 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Cable One Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cable One's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €20 Mil. Cable One's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €3,294 Mil. Cable One's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €730 Mil. Cable One's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.54.

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

FRA:XC1' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.58   Med: 3.04   Max: 4.88
Current: 4

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cable One was 4.88. The lowest was 1.58. And the median was 3.04.

FRA:XC1's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
74.29% of 315 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.18 vs FRA:XC1: 4.00

Cable One Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cable One'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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Cable One Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Cable One 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 3.36 3.04 4.88 4.42 3.96

Cable One Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 4.36 4.27 4.76 3.19 4.54

Competitive Comparison of Cable One's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Cable One'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.


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

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

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



Cable One Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cable One'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
=(20.554 + 3332.099) / 847.706
=3.95

Cable One's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(20.384 + 3293.802) / 730.068
=4.54

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Cable One  (FRA:XC1) 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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Cable One (FRA:XC1) Business Description

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Address
210 East Earll Drive, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85012
Cable One Inc is a telecommunications company. It derives revenue from the provision of broadband, voice, and video services to residential and business customers. From a product perspective, the majority of revenue is sourced from data and video services. This revenue is subscription-based and billed monthly. The company also offers Sparklight TV, an internet protocol-based (IPTV) video service that allows customers with our Sparklight TV app to stream our video channels from the cloud. The company also derives advertising revenue from selling airtime on its video channels. Voice services are offered over Internet protocols. The company owns a telecommunications infrastructure.

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