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Comcast (XTER:CTP2) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.60 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Comcast Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Comcast's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €2,352 Mil. Comcast's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €88,977 Mil. Comcast's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €35,081 Mil. Comcast's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.60.

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

XTER:CTP2' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.08   Med: 2.59   Max: 3.75
Current: 2.69

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Comcast was 3.75. The lowest was 2.08. And the median was 2.59.

XTER:CTP2's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
54.4% of 318 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.415 vs XTER:CTP2: 2.69

Comcast Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Comcast 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 3.11 3.43 2.69 3.70 2.50

Comcast 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 2.56 2.83 2.50 2.52 2.60

Competitive Comparison of Comcast's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Comcast'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.


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

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

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



Comcast Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Comcast'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
=(1897.273 + 87134.257) / 35672.217
=2.50

Comcast'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
=(2351.61 + 88977.354) / 35081.336
=2.60

* 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 (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


Comcast  (XTER:CTP2) 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.


Comcast Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Comcast Business Description

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One Comcast Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19103-2838
Comcast is made up of three parts. The core cable business owns networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to 63 million US homes and businesses, or nearly half of the country. About 50% of the locations in this territory subscribe to at least one Comcast service. Comcast acquired NBCUniversal from General Electric in 2011. NBCU owns several cable networks, including CNBC, MSNBC, and USA, the NBC network, the Peacock streaming platform, several local NBC affiliates, Universal Studios, and several theme parks. Sky, acquired in 2018, is a large television provider in the UK and has invested heavily in proprietary content to build this position. Sky is also a large pay-television provider in Italy and has a presence in Germany and Austria.

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