Telefonica Brasil (Telefonica Brasil) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.89 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Telefonica Brasil Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Telefonica Brasil's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $913 Mil. Telefonica Brasil's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,911 Mil. Telefonica Brasil's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,303 Mil. Telefonica Brasil's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.89.

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

VIV' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.31 Med: 0.78 Max: 1.5
Current: 1.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Telefonica Brasil was 1.50. The lowest was 0.31. And the median was 0.78.

VIV's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
63.84% of 318 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.235 vs VIV: 1.50

Telefonica Brasil Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Telefonica Brasil's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Telefonica Brasil Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Telefonica Brasil Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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0.79

0.76

0.93

1.08

0.96

Telefonica Brasil Quarterly Data
	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.98	1.02	2.15	0.87	0.89

Competitive Comparison of Telefonica Brasil's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Telefonica Brasil'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.

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

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

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

Telefonica Brasil Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Telefonica Brasil'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
	=	(913.437	+	2910.643)	/	3984.588
	=	0.96

Telefonica Brasil's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
	=	(913.437	+	2910.643)	/	4302.956
	=	0.89

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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

Telefonica Brasil (NYSE:VIV) 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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Address

Avenida Engenheiro Luis Carlos Berrini, 1376, 32nd Floor, Sao Paulo, SP, BRA, 04571-936

Website

https://www.telefonica.com.br

Telefonica Brasil, known as Vivo, is the largest wireless carrier in Brazil with 98 million customers, equal to about 40% market share. The firm is strongest in the postpaid business, where it has 60 million customers, about 42% share of this market. It is the incumbent fixed-line telephone operator in Sao Paulo state and, following the acquisition of GVT, the owner of an extensive fiber network across the country. The firm provides internet access to 6 million households on this network. Following its parent Telefonica's footsteps, Vivo is cross-selling fixed-line and wireless services as a converged offering. The firm also sells pay-tv services to its fixed-line customers.