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Cogeco Communications (Cogeco Communications) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.53 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Cogeco Communications Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cogeco Communications's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $69 Mil. Cogeco Communications's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $3,581 Mil. Cogeco Communications's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $1,036 Mil. Cogeco Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 3.52.

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

CGEAF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.6   Med: 3.33   Max: 5.73
Current: 3.59

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cogeco Communications was 5.73. The lowest was 2.60. And the median was 3.33.

CGEAF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
67.82% of 317 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.24 vs CGEAF: 3.59

Cogeco Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cogeco Communications'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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Cogeco Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Cogeco Communications Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.11 2.68 2.73 3.45 3.63

Cogeco Communications Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 3.61 3.71 3.75 3.48 3.53

Competitive Comparison of Cogeco Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Cogeco Communications'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.


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

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

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



Cogeco Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cogeco Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(47.609 + 3694.347) / 1031.408
=3.63

Cogeco Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(69.276 + 3580.655) / 1035.584
=3.52

* 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 (Feb. 2024) EBITDA data.


Cogeco Communications  (OTCPK:CGEAF) 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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Cogeco Communications (Cogeco Communications) Business Description

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Address
1 Place Ville Marie, Suite 3301, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3B 0B3
Cogeco Communications Inc is a communication corporation. The company is a cable operator in North America operating in Canada. It provides Internet, video and phone services to residential, business and other customers. The reportable segments of the company are Canadian telecommunications and American telecommunications. The company earns majority of its revenue from American telecommunications. The company operates in Canada and United States.