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Deutsche Telekom AG (XTER:DTE) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.87 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Deutsche Telekom AG Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Deutsche Telekom AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €12,773 Mil. Deutsche Telekom AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €32,991 Mil. Deutsche Telekom AG's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €52,752 Mil. Deutsche Telekom AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.87.

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 Deutsche Telekom AG's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

XTER:DTE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.98   Med: 2.88   Max: 3.33
Current: 0.98

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Deutsche Telekom AG was 3.33. The lowest was 0.98. And the median was 2.88.

XTER:DTE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
74.21% of 318 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.415 vs XTER:DTE: 0.98

Deutsche Telekom AG Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Deutsche Telekom AG'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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Deutsche Telekom AG Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Deutsche Telekom AG 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 2.82 3.20 3.33 3.10 3.09

Deutsche Telekom AG 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 3.03 3.60 2.84 2.77 0.87

Competitive Comparison of Deutsche Telekom AG's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Deutsche Telekom AG'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.


Deutsche Telekom AG's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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



Deutsche Telekom AG Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Deutsche Telekom AG'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
=(12583 + 120629) / 43067
=3.09

Deutsche Telekom AG'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
=(12773 + 32991) / 52752
=0.87

* 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.


Deutsche Telekom AG  (XTER:DTE) 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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Deutsche Telekom AG Business Description

Address
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140, Bonn, DEU, 53113
Deutsche Telekom is the incumbent telecom operator in Germany and remains the dominant player in both mobile and fixed markets. It also owns a controlling stake in T-Mobile US—one of three primary wireless carriers in the United States—which merged with Sprint in 2020, consolidating the market from four to three operators. Aside from its two core markets, Deutsche Telekom also has operations in several Central European countries and holds an IT arm (Systems Solutions).
Executives
Thorsten Langheim Board of Directors
Claudia Nemat Board of Directors
Dr. Reinhard Ploss Supervisory Board
Karin Topel Supervisory Board
Dr. Christian P. Illek Board of Directors