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Tele Columbus AG (HAM:TC1) Debt-to-EBITDA : 88.14 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Tele Columbus AG Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Tele Columbus AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €38.7 Mil. Tele Columbus AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €1,628.9 Mil. Tele Columbus AG's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €18.9 Mil. Tele Columbus AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 88.14.

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 Tele Columbus AG's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HAM:TC1' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.73   Med: 7.43   Max: 22.66
Current: 16.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Tele Columbus AG was 22.66. The lowest was 5.73. And the median was 7.43.

HAM:TC1's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
95.91% of 318 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.1 vs HAM:TC1: 16.63

Tele Columbus AG Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tele Columbus AG'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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Tele Columbus AG Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Tele Columbus AG 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 7.33 7.21 6.58 8.43 10.71

Tele Columbus AG 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 8.16 7.26 9.21 28.81 88.14

Competitive Comparison of Tele Columbus AG's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Tele Columbus AG'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.


Tele Columbus AG's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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



Tele Columbus AG Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Tele Columbus AG'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
=(606.556 + 857.671) / 136.734
=10.71

Tele Columbus AG'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
=(38.734 + 1628.934) / 18.92
=88.14

* 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.


Tele Columbus AG  (HAM:TC1) 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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Tele Columbus AG (HAM:TC1) Business Description

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Address
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 108, Berlin, DEU, 10553
Tele Columbus AG is a triple-play telecommunications company. It derives revenue from TV, the Internet, cellphone, and voice services. The group operates through two main segments: TV and Internet, and telephony. The company's TV segment offers cable TV services to customers. The majority of revenue stems from this segment. Internet and telephony derive revenue from the provision of broadband Internet access as well as fixed-line and mobile telephony services to customers. The company is an owner of telecommunications infrastructure. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue in Germany.

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