Shaw Communications (Shaw Communications) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.42 (As of Nov. 2022)

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What is Shaw Communications Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Shaw Communications's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2022 was $605 Mil. Shaw Communications's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2022 was $3,747 Mil. Shaw Communications's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2022 was $1,798 Mil. Shaw Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2022 was 2.42.

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 Shaw Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SJR' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.1 Med: 2.42 Max: 3.16
Current: 2.35

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Shaw Communications was 3.16. The lowest was 2.10. And the median was 2.42.

SJR's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.23 vs SJR: 2.35

Shaw Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Shaw Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Shaw Communications Annual Data

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2.45

2.54

2.38

2.34

Shaw Communications Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.37	2.37	2.31	2.39	2.42

Competitive Comparison of Shaw Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Shaw Communications'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.

Shaw Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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

Shaw Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Shaw Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(243.091	+	4311.373)	/	1947.821
	=	2.34

Shaw Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(604.89	+	3746.749)	/	1798.32
	=	2.42

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 (Nov. 2022) EBITDA data.

Shaw Communications (NYSE:SJR) 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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630 - 3rd Avenue S.W., Suite 900, Finance Department, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 4L4

Website

https://www.shaw.ca

Shaw Communications is a Canadian cable company that is one of the biggest providers of internet, television, and landline telephone services in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and northern Ontario. In fiscal 2021, more than 75% of Shaw's total revenue resulted from this wireline business. Shaw now also offers wireless service over most of Canada's population footprint after acquiring Wind Mobile in 2016. As a smaller carrier, Shaw has favored bidding status in spectrum auctions, giving it a further boost in enhancing its wireless network. At the 2019 auction, Shaw added significant amounts of 600 MHz spectrum to the 700 MHz spectrum it is currently deploying.