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Tencent Music Entertainment Group (Tencent Music Entertainment Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.88 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Tencent Music Entertainment Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Tencent Music Entertainment Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $16 Mil. Tencent Music Entertainment Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $831 Mil. Tencent Music Entertainment Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $962 Mil. Tencent Music Entertainment Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.88.

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 Tencent Music Entertainment Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TME' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03   Med: 0.99   Max: 1.13
Current: 0.98

During the past 8 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Tencent Music Entertainment Group was 1.13. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.99.

TME's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
53.45% of 275 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.75 vs TME: 0.98

Tencent Music Entertainment Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tencent Music Entertainment Group'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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Tencent Music Entertainment Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Tencent Music Entertainment Group Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.03 0.99 1.13 1.06 0.84

Tencent Music Entertainment Group 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 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 1.06 1.05 0.97 1.04 0.88

Competitive Comparison of Tencent Music Entertainment Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Tencent Music Entertainment Group'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.


Tencent Music Entertainment Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Tencent Music Entertainment Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Tencent Music Entertainment Group's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Tencent Music Entertainment Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Tencent Music Entertainment Group'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
=(16.106 + 830.929) / 1004.594
=0.84

Tencent Music Entertainment Group'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
=(16.106 + 830.929) / 961.876
=0.88

* 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.


Tencent Music Entertainment Group  (NYSE:TME) 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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Tencent Music Entertainment Group (Tencent Music Entertainment Group) Business Description

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Address
Kexing Science Park, Kejizhongsan Avenue, Unit 3, Building D, Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, CHN, 518057
TME is the largest online music service provider in China. It was founded in 2016 with the business combination of QQ Music (founded in 2005), Kuwo Music (founded in 2005) and Kugou Music (founded in 2004) streaming platforms. Tencent is the largest shareholder of TME with over 50% shares and over 90% voting rights held. TME also provides social entertainment services, including music live audio/video broadcasts and online concert services through the three platforms mentioned above, and online karaoke through an independent platform WeSing.