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GCI Liberty (GCI Liberty) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.70 (As of Sep. 2020)


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What is GCI Liberty Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

GCI Liberty's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was $823.2 Mil. GCI Liberty's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was $2,693.3 Mil. GCI Liberty's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was $5,013.0 Mil. GCI Liberty's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was 0.70.

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

LVNTB's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.24
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

GCI Liberty Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for GCI Liberty'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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GCI Liberty Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

GCI Liberty Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -55.69 1.26 - -4.12 1.09

GCI Liberty Quarterly Data
Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20
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 3.48 0.79 -1.08 0.89 0.70

Competitive Comparison of GCI Liberty's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, GCI Liberty'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.


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

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

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



GCI Liberty Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

GCI Liberty's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.008 + 3360.717) / 3088.401
=1.09

GCI Liberty's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(823.166 + 2693.263) / 5012.968
=0.70

* 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. 2020) EBITDA data.


GCI Liberty  (NAS:LVNTB) 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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GCI Liberty (GCI Liberty) Business Description

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Address
12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, CO, USA, 80112
GCI Liberty Inc is a holding company.Through its subsidiaries it provides various wireless, data, video, voice, and managed services to residential customers, businesses, governmental entities, and educational and medical institutions primarily in Alaska under the GCI brand. The company mainly serves markets that bear harsh winter and are located in remote geographies in North America.

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