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Koninklijke KPN NV (Koninklijke KPN NV) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.62 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Koninklijke KPN NV Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Koninklijke KPN NV's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $719 Mil. Koninklijke KPN NV's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,685 Mil. Koninklijke KPN NV's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,824 Mil. Koninklijke KPN NV's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.62.

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 Koninklijke KPN NV's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KKPNY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.3   Med: 3.3   Max: 4.06
Current: 2.65

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Koninklijke KPN NV was 4.06. The lowest was 2.30. And the median was 3.30.

KKPNY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
57.55% of 318 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.23 vs KKPNY: 2.65

Koninklijke KPN NV Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Koninklijke KPN NV'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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Koninklijke KPN NV Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Koninklijke KPN NV Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.04 3.04 2.30 2.46 2.65

Koninklijke KPN NV Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 3.04 2.81 2.41 2.55 2.62

Competitive Comparison of Koninklijke KPN NV's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Koninklijke KPN NV'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.


Koninklijke KPN NV's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Koninklijke KPN NV's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Koninklijke KPN NV Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Koninklijke KPN NV'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
=(718.648 + 6684.842) / 2791.712
=2.65

Koninklijke KPN NV'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
=(718.648 + 6684.842) / 2824.428
=2.62

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Koninklijke KPN NV  (OTCPK:KKPNY) 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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Koninklijke KPN NV (Koninklijke KPN NV) Business Description

Address
Wilhelminakade 123, Rotterdam, NLD, 3072 AP
KPN is the incumbent telecom operator in the Netherlands. It has close to 40% share of the broadband market and 20% of the postpaid mobile market, mainly competing with VodafoneZiggo (mobile and fixed) and T-Mobile Netherlands (mainly mobile). KPN is rolling out fiber to the home in the Netherlands and expects to have most of the country covered by 2025.

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