Sabre (LTS:0A21) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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LTS:0A21 Sabre Corp LTS:0A21
69 GF Score
Price €10.75
GF Value €13.05
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What is Sabre Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sabre's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €253 Mil. Sabre's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €4,064 Mil. Sabre's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €502 Mil. Sabre's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 8.60.

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

LTS:0A21' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -11.55   Med: 4.12   Max: 85.21
Current: 9.79

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sabre was 85.21. The lowest was -11.55. And the median was 4.12.

LTS:0A21's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
93.34% of 1727 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.99 vs LTS:0A21: 9.79

Sabre  (LTS:0A21) 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.


Sabre Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Sabre Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Sabre'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.

Sabre Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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LTS:0A21 vs BLZE, RPD, TCGLF: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Sabre'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.


Sabre Debt-to-EBITDA vs Software Industry

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

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


LTS:0A21
69GF Score
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Sabre Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sabre'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
=(260.899 + 4148.601) / 313.527
=14.06

Sabre'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
=(252.627 + 4064.005) / 501.908
=8.60

* 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 Sabre (LTS:0A21) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Sabre stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €10.75 is trading 17.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of €13.05.

Key valuation signals for LTS:0A21:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €13.05 vs. price of €10.75 (17.6% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 69/100 with 9 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the LTS:0A21 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Sabre Business Description

Other Exchanges SABR:USA19S:Germany
Address 3150 Sabre Drive, Southlake, TX, USA, 76092
Sabre holds the number-two air booking volume share in the global distribution system industry. The marketplace segment represented 80% of total 2025 revenue and airline technology solutions 20% of revenue. The company sold its growing hotel IT solutions division to TPG in 2025 for $960 million in net proceeds. Transaction fees, which are mostly tied to volume and not price, account for the bulk of sales and profits.
69GF Score

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