Telecom Argentina (Telecom Argentina) Debt-to-EBITDA : -2.56 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Telecom Argentina Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Telecom Argentina's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,642 Mil. Telecom Argentina's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,511 Mil. Telecom Argentina's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2,400 Mil. Telecom Argentina's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -2.56.

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 Telecom Argentina's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TEO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05 Med: 0.77 Max: 26.74
Current: 26.74

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Telecom Argentina was 26.74. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.77.

TEO's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
97.48% of 318 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.23 vs TEO: 26.74

Telecom Argentina Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Telecom Argentina Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Telecom Argentina Annual Data

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Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

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1.31

1.07

0.47

15.57

12.72

Telecom Argentina Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															5.39	1.72	2.40	1.82	-2.56

Competitive Comparison of Telecom Argentina's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Telecom Argentina'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.

Telecom Argentina's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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

Telecom Argentina Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Telecom Argentina'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
	=	(1642.053	+	4511.449)	/	483.881
	=	12.72

Telecom Argentina'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
	=	(1642.053	+	4511.449)	/	-2399.756
	=	-2.56

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.

Telecom Argentina (NYSE:TEO) 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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Telecom Argentina (Telecom Argentina) Business Description

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Address

General Hornos 690, Buenos Aires, ARG, C1272ACK

Website

https://institucional.telecom.com.ar

Telecom Argentina SA offers its customers quadruple play services, combining mobile telephony services, cable television services, Internet services and fixed telephony services. It also provides other telephone-related services such as international long-distance and wholesale services, data transmission and IT solutions outsourcing and install, operate and develop cable television and data transmission services. The company provides services in Argentina (mobile, cable television, Internet and fixed and data services), Paraguay (mobile, Internet and satellite TV services), Uruguay (cable television services) and the United States (fixed wholesale services).