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Twenty-First Century Fox (Twenty-First Century Fox) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.40 (As of Dec. 2018)


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What is Twenty-First Century Fox Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Twenty-First Century Fox's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $887 Mil. Twenty-First Century Fox's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $18,321 Mil. Twenty-First Century Fox's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $48,028 Mil. Twenty-First Century Fox's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 0.40.

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 Twenty-First Century Fox's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TFCFA's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 1.65
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Twenty-First Century Fox Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Twenty-First Century Fox'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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Twenty-First Century Fox Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Twenty-First Century Fox Annual Data
Trend Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.56 1.62 3.36 3.08 3.13

Twenty-First Century Fox Quarterly Data
Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18
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 4.28 2.80 3.15 2.48 0.40

Competitive Comparison of Twenty-First Century Fox's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Twenty-First Century Fox'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.


Twenty-First Century Fox's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Twenty-First Century Fox's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Twenty-First Century Fox's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Twenty-First Century Fox Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Twenty-First Century Fox's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1054 + 18469) / 6242
=3.13

Twenty-First Century Fox's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(887 + 18321) / 48028
=0.40

* 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. 2018) EBITDA data.


Twenty-First Century Fox  (NAS:TFCFA) 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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Twenty-First Century Fox (Twenty-First Century Fox) Business Description

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1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA, 10036
21st Century Fox is a media conglomerate with a wide range of assets: a film studio, which creates television programs and movies; broadcast television, including the Fox broadcast network and local TV stations in the U.S.; cable networks, which comprise over 300 channels around the world; and direct-broadcast satellite TV in the form of Sky, a satellite pay-tv provider in Europe.

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