Altice USA Debt-to-EBITDA

: 6.52 (As of Mar. 2022)

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

Altice USA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was $969 Mil. Altice USA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was $25,714 Mil. Altice USA's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was $4,095 Mil. Altice USA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was 6.52.

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 Altice USA's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ATUS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.82 Med: 6.45 Max: 11.63
Current: 6.29

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Altice USA was 11.63. The lowest was 5.82. And the median was 6.45.

ATUS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
86.34% of 322 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.19 vs ATUS: 6.29

Altice USA Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Altice USA'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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Altice USA Annual Data

Trend

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Debt-to-EBITDA

6.93

5.82

6.19

6.71

6.14

Altice USA Quarterly Data
	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22
Debt-to-EBITDA																5.90	6.63	5.91	6.39	6.52

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Altice USA'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.

Annual Data Quarterly Data

Altice USA Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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

Altice USA Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Altice USA's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(917.313	+	25866.673)	/	4359.81
	=	6.14

Altice USA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(969.413	+	25714.453)	/	4094.792
	=	6.52

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 (Mar. 2022) EBITDA data.

Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) 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.

Altice USA Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Altice USA Business Description

Industry

Communication Services » Telecommunication Services NAICS : 517919 SIC : 4813

Comparable Companies

NAS:IRDM NAS:VG XKRX:032640 WBO:TKA DHA:GP XBRU:PROX BKK:TRUE BOM:500483 NZSE:SPK TSX:QBR.B

Traded in Other Exchanges

ATUS:Mexico 15PA:Germany

Address

1 Court Square West, Long Island City, New York, NY, USA, 11101

Website

https://www.alticeusa.com

Altice Europe acquired privately held U.S. cable company Suddenlink in 2015 and Cablevision in 2016. Suddenlink's networks provided television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 3.5 million U.S. homes and businesses located primarily in smaller markets, with major clusters in Texas, West Virginia, Idaho, Arizona, and Louisiana. Cablevision provided comparable services to about 5.5 million homes and business in the New York City metro area. Altice Europe spun off Altice USA, which includes both the Suddenlink and Cablevision operations, to shareholders in 2018. Altice USA also owns News 12 Networks, which broadcasts local 24-hour news networks in New York, i24News, a news operation focused on the Middle East and Israel, and Cheddar, a news upstart.

Executives

Next Alt S.a.r.l.	director, 10 percent owner	5, RUE EUGENE RUPPERT GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG N4 L-2453
A4 S.a.	director	5, RUE EUGENE RUPPERT GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG N4 L-2453
Drahi Patrick	director, 10 percent owner	WIESTISTRASSE 14 ZERMATT V8 3920
Boubazine Abdelhakim	officer: President & COO	1111 STEWART AVENUE BETHPAGE NY 11714
Schmidt Colleen	officer: EVP Human Resources	1 COURT SQUARE W LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
Olsen Michael	officer: EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secy	1 COURT SQUARE W LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
Taki Layth	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	1 COURT SQUARE WEST LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
Grau Michael	officer: Chief Financial Officer	1 COURT SQUARE W LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
Goei Dexter	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	1111 STEWART AVENUE BETHPAGE NY 11714
Stewart Charles	director	1111 STEWART AVENUE BETHPAGE NY 11714
Bakker Gerrit Jan	director	15 RUE PIERRE FATIO 6TH FLOOR GENEVA V8 1204
Mullen Mark	director	1111 STEWART AVENUE BETHPAGE NY 11714
Okhuijsen Dennis	director	1111 STEWART AVENUE BETHPAGE NY 11714
Connolly David	other: Former EVP & General Counsel	1111 STEWART AVENUE BETHPAGE NY 11714
Cie Management Ix Ltd	10 percent owner	HERITAGE HALL LE MARCHANT STREET ST. PETER PORT Y7 GY14HY