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Intelsat (LTS:0DZ3) Debt-to-EBITDA : 10.54 (As of Sep. 2021)


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What is Intelsat Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Intelsat's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $6,162 Mil. Intelsat's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $0 Mil. Intelsat's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $585 Mil. Intelsat's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was 10.54.

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

LTS:0DZ3's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.235
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Intelsat Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Intelsat'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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Intelsat Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Intelsat Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.37 8.74 9.78 14.28 10.72

Intelsat Quarterly Data
Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21
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 5.06 37.35 11.32 9.83 10.54

Competitive Comparison of Intelsat's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Intelsat'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.


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

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

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



Intelsat Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Intelsat's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(5903.724 + 0) / 550.724
=10.72

Intelsat's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(6162.315 + 0) / 584.548
=10.54

* 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 (Sep. 2021) EBITDA data.


Intelsat  (LTS:0DZ3) 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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Intelsat (LTS:0DZ3) Business Description

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Intelsat SA is a Luxembourg-based company which operates satellite services business. It is engaged in providing diversified communications services to the media companies, fixed and wireless telecommunications operators, data networking service providers for enterprise and mobile applications in the air and on the seas, and a multinational corporation. In addition, it provides commercial satellite communication services to the United States government and other select military organizations and their contractors. Intelsat operates through a single segment being Providing satellite services. The company earns the majority of its revenue from North America.

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