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Liberty Latin America (Liberty Latin America) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 5.97 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Liberty Latin America's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $666 Mil. Liberty Latin America's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7,598 Mil. Liberty Latin America's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,385 Mil. Liberty Latin America's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.97.

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 Liberty Latin America's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LILA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.94   Med: 7.02   Max: 13.57
Current: 5.3

During the past 11 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Liberty Latin America was 13.57. The lowest was 4.94. And the median was 7.02.

LILA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
83.65% of 318 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.21 vs LILA: 5.30

Liberty Latin America Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Liberty Latin America'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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Liberty Latin America 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 7.75 13.57 6.51 5.92 5.34

Liberty Latin America Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 3.93 6.04 4.58 4.53 5.97

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Liberty Latin America'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.


Liberty Latin America Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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



Liberty Latin America Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Liberty Latin America'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
=(666.2 + 7598) / 1547.6
=5.34

Liberty Latin America'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
=(666.2 + 7598) / 1384.8
=5.97

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Liberty Latin America  (NAS:LILA) 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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Liberty Latin America (Liberty Latin America) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2 Church Street, Hamilton, BMU, HM 11
Liberty Latin America Ltd is a telecommunications company. It is a provider of video, broadband internet, fixed-line telephony and mobile services to residential and business customers. The company's reportable segments include C&W Caribbean and Networks, C&W Panama, VTR, Liberty Puerto Rico and Costa Rica.
Executives
John M Winter officer: SVP, CLO AND SECRETARY 1550 WEWATTA STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Eric Louis Zinterhofer director C/O SEARCHLIGHT CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, LP, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10151
Balan Nair director, officer: President and CEO 901 EXPLORER BOULEVARD, HUNTSVILLE AL 35806
John C Malone 10 percent owner 12300 LIBERTY BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Paul A Gould director 711 FIFTH AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Christopher J Noyes officer: SVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 1550 WEWATTA STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Brian D Zook officer: MD, CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER 1550 WEWATTA STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Daniel E. Sanchez director C/O DISCOVERY, INC., 8403 COLESVILLE ROAD, SILVER SPRING MD 20910
Vivek Khemka officer: SVP, CT&PO C/O DISH NETWORK CORPORATION, 9601 S MERIDIAN BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Michael T Fries director, officer: Executive Chairman C/O LIBERTY GLOBAL, INC., 1550 WEWATTA STREET STE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Bracken Charles H R director 161 HAMMERSMITH ROAD, LONDON ENGLAND X0 W6 8BS
Betzalel Kenigsztein officer: SVP, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 1550 WEWATTA STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Miranda Curtis director C/O LIBERTY GLOBAL, INC., 1550 WEWATTA STREET STE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Brendan J Paddick director 1550 WEWATTA STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Angoitia Alfonso De director 1550 WEWATTA STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202