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RCIAF (Rogers Communications) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.73 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Rogers Communications Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Rogers Communications's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $4,473 Mil. Rogers Communications's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $29,423 Mil. Rogers Communications's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $7,170 Mil. Rogers Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 4.73.

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

RCIAF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.86   Med: 3.65   Max: 5.94
Current: 5.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Rogers Communications was 5.94. The lowest was 2.86. And the median was 3.65.

RCIAF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
77.99% of 318 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.395 vs RCIAF: 5.14

Rogers Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rogers Communications'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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Rogers Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Rogers Communications 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 3.26 3.72 4.08 5.80 5.94

Rogers Communications Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 6.96 5.00 5.67 5.21 4.73

Competitive Comparison of Rogers Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Rogers Communications'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.


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

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

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



Rogers Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Rogers Communications'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
=(2500 + 31189.624) / 5673.077
=5.94

Rogers Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(4472.907 + 29422.708) / 7169.644
=4.73

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


Rogers Communications  (OTCPK:RCIAF) 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.


Rogers Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Rogers Communications Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
333 Bloor Street East, 10th Floor, Toronto, ON, CAN, M4W 1G9
Rogers Communications is the largest wireless service provider in Canada, with its more than 11 million subscribers equating to one third of the total Canadian market. Its wireless business accounted for more than half of total revenue and has increasingly been providing a bigger portion of total company sales over the last several years. Rogers' cable segment, which provides about 35% of total revenue after acquiring Shaw, offers home internet, television, and landline phone service to consumers and businesses. Remaining sales come from Rogers' media unit, which owns and operates various television and radio stations and the Toronto Blue Jays. Rogers' significant exposure to sports also includes ownership stakes in the Toronto Maple Leafs, Raptors, FC, and Argonauts.