Chunghwa Telecom Co (BSP:C1HT34) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 0.53 (As of Dec. 2023)

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

Chunghwa Telecom Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$892 Mil. Chunghwa Telecom Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$5,951 Mil. Chunghwa Telecom Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$12,836 Mil. Chunghwa Telecom Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.53.

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 Chunghwa Telecom Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:C1HT34' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02 Med: 0.09 Max: 0.5
Current: 0.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Chunghwa Telecom Co was 0.50. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 0.09.

BSP:C1HT34's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
86.16% of 318 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.21 vs BSP:C1HT34: 0.50

Chunghwa Telecom Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chunghwa Telecom Co's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Chunghwa Telecom Co Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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0.15

0.48

0.46

0.50

Chunghwa Telecom Co Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.52	0.48	0.48	0.51	0.53

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Chunghwa Telecom Co'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.

Chunghwa Telecom Co Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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

Chunghwa Telecom Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Chunghwa Telecom Co'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
	=	(892.113	+	5950.502)	/	13637.566
	=	0.50

Chunghwa Telecom Co'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
	=	(892.113	+	5950.502)	/	12836.132
	=	0.53

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.

Chunghwa Telecom Co (BSP:C1HT34) 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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Chunghwa Telecom Co (BSP:C1HT34) Business Description

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Address

Number 21-3 Hsinyi Road, Section 1, Taipei, TWN, 100

Website

http://www.cht.com.tw

Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd is Taiwan's largest integrated telecom operator, providing fixed-line, wireless, and Internet and data services. The company enjoys a dominant position in all three segments. It has a market share of 35% in mobile, 85% in broadband, and greater than 95% in the fixed-line segment as measured by the number of local fixed-line subscribers. Chunghwa Telecom was privatized in 2005, with the government retaining 36.3% of the firm's ordinary shares.

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