American Tower (American Tower) Debt-to-EBITDA : 10.24 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is American Tower Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

American Tower's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,982.10 Mil. American Tower's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $43,172.70 Mil. American Tower's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,603.20 Mil. American Tower's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.24.

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 American Tower's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

AMTPRA.PFD' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.17 Med: 6.6 Max: 8.62
Current: 7.85

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of American Tower was 8.62. The lowest was 5.17. And the median was 6.60.

AMTPRA.PFD's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
55.19% of 511 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 7.15 vs AMTPRA.PFD: 7.85

American Tower Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Tower's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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American Tower Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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6.89

8.16

8.62

7.57

7.85

American Tower Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															32.71	7.80	7.43	6.63	10.24

Competitive Comparison of American Tower's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, American Tower'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.

American Tower's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, American Tower's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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American Tower Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

American Tower'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
	=	(3982.1	+	43172.7)	/	6006
	=	7.85

American Tower'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
	=	(3982.1	+	43172.7)	/	4603.2
	=	10.24

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.

American Tower (NYSE:AMTPRA.PFD) 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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American Tower (American Tower) Business Description

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Address

116 Huntington Avenue, 11th Floor, Boston, MA, USA, 02116

Website

https://www.americantower.com

American Tower owns and operates more than 220,000 cell towers throughout the U.S., Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Africa. It also owns and/or operates 28 data centers in 10 U.S. markets after acquiring CoreSite. On its towers, the company has a very concentrated customer base, with most revenue in each market being generated by just the top few mobile carriers. The company operates more than 40,000 towers in the U.S., which accounted for roughly half of the company's total revenue in 2022. Outside the U.S., American Tower operates over 75,000 towers in India, almost 50,000 towers in Latin America (dominated by Brazil), 30,000 towers in Europe, and nearly 25,000 towers in Africa. American Tower operates as an REIT.