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T-Mobile US (STU:TM5) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.80 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is T-Mobile US Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

T-Mobile US's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €11,706 Mil. T-Mobile US's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €100,136 Mil. T-Mobile US's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €29,422 Mil. T-Mobile US's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 3.80.

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 T-Mobile US's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

STU:TM5' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.32   Med: 3.56   Max: 5.55
Current: 3.83

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of T-Mobile US was 5.55. The lowest was 1.32. And the median was 3.56.

STU:TM5's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
70% of 320 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.32 vs STU:TM5: 3.83

T-Mobile US Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for T-Mobile US'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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T-Mobile US Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

T-Mobile US Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.26 4.72 5.55 4.19 3.69

T-Mobile US Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 3.91 3.63 3.65 3.65 3.80

Competitive Comparison of T-Mobile US's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, T-Mobile US'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.


T-Mobile US's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, T-Mobile US's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where T-Mobile US's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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T-Mobile US Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

T-Mobile US's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(8579.72 + 100676.1) / 29645.11
=3.69

T-Mobile US's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(11705.875 + 100135.875) / 29422.4
=3.80

* 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. 2025) EBITDA data.


T-Mobile US  (STU:TM5) 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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T-Mobile US Business Description

Address
12920 SE 38th Street, Bellevue, WA, USA, 98006-1350
Deutsche Telekom merged its T-Mobile USA unit with prepaid specialist MetroPCS in 2013, and that firm merged with Sprint in 2020, creating the second-largest wireless carrier in the us. T-Mobile now serves 77 million postpaid and 21 million prepaid phone customers, equal to around 30% of the us retail wireless market. The firm entered the fixed-wireless broadband market aggressively in 2021 and now serves more than 5 million residential and business customers. In addition, T-Mobile provides wholesale services to resellers.

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