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IHS Holding (IHS Holding) Debt-to-EBITDA

: -3.99 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

IHS Holding's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $545 Mil. IHS Holding's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,568 Mil. IHS Holding's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1,031 Mil. IHS Holding's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -3.99.

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 IHS Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

IHS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.12   Med: 5.38   Max: 15.63
Current: -4.12

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of IHS Holding was 15.63. The lowest was -4.12. And the median was 5.38.

IHS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 316 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.185 vs IHS: -4.12

IHS Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for IHS Holding'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.

* Premium members only.

IHS Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only 12.04 5.38 5.05 15.63 -4.12

IHS Holding Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA 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 -10.44 4.17 -1.06 -40.48 -3.99

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, IHS Holding'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.


IHS Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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



IHS Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

IHS Holding'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
=(545.307 + 3567.534) / -998.471
=-4.12

IHS Holding'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
=(545.307 + 3567.534) / -1031.36
=-3.99

* 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.


IHS Holding  (NYSE:IHS) 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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IHS Holding (IHS Holding) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
123 Victoria Street, 1 Cathedral Piazza, London, GBR, SW1E 5BP
IHS Holding Ltd is an independent owner, operator, and developer of shared telecommunications infrastructure. The company provides telecommunications infrastructure to its customers, most of who are MNOs, who in turn provide wireless voice and data services to their end-users. Its geographical segments are Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Latin America (Latam). The majority of its revenue is derived from Nigeria.