Telstra Group (HAM:5KBA) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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HAM:5KBA Telstra Group Ltd HAM:5KBA
67 GF Score
Price €2.90
GF Value €2.56
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What is Telstra Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Telstra Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €2,262 Mil. Telstra Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €9,011 Mil. Telstra Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €5,326 Mil. Telstra Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 2.12.

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

HAM:5KBA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.6   Med: 2.1   Max: 2.28
Current: 2.12

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Telstra Group was 2.28. The lowest was 1.60. And the median was 2.10.

HAM:5KBA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
56.44% of 303 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 1.84 vs HAM:5KBA: 2.12

Telstra Group  (HAM:5KBA) 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.

Telstra Group Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Telstra Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Telstra Group'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.

Telstra Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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HAM:5KBA vs VZ, TMUS, T: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Telstra Group'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.

Telstra Group Debt-to-EBITDA vs Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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


HAM:5KBA
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Telstra Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Telstra Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(2262.0680486312 + 9010.7023528383) / 5630.5921885769
=2.00

Telstra Group'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
=(2262.0680486312 + 9010.7023528383) / 5326.431033985
=2.12

* 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 two times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Telstra Group (HAM:5KBA) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Telstra Group stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of €2.90 is trading 13.3% above its estimated GF Value™ of €2.56.

Key valuation signals for HAM:5KBA:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €2.56 vs. price of €2.90 (13.3% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 67/100 with 5 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the HAM:5KBA stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Telstra Group Business Description

Address 242 Exhibition Street, Level 41 - Telstra Centre, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3000
Telstra is Australia's largest telecommunications company, with dominant market shares in voice, mobile, enterprise telecom, and fixed-line broadband resale via the national broadband network. Telstra provides most of its services via its infrastructure assets, such as a fixed-line network (data centers, exchanges, poles, ducts, pits and pipes, fiber network), a mobile network, and mobile towers. Its customers span retail, corporate, government, wholesale, and overseas segments. Telstra also provides the government-owned, last-mile fixed-line National Broadband Network with long-term access to its infrastructure, in return for recurring payments. Finally, Telstra operates a leading telecom operation in Papua New Guinea and the surrounding South-Pacific countries.
67GF Score

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