Quebecor (TSX:QBR.B) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.84 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Quebecor Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Quebecor's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$1,739 Mil. Quebecor's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$6,430 Mil. Quebecor's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$2,127 Mil. Quebecor's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.84.

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

TSX:QBR.B' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.19 Med: 3.73 Max: 4.99
Current: 3.77

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Quebecor was 4.99. The lowest was 3.19. And the median was 3.73.

TSX:QBR.B's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
70.98% of 317 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.24 vs TSX:QBR.B: 3.77

Quebecor Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Quebecor Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Quebecor Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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3.41

3.19

3.61

3.60

3.77

Quebecor 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															3.69	3.76	3.60	3.36	3.84

Competitive Comparison of Quebecor's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Quebecor'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.

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

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

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

Quebecor Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Quebecor'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
	=	(1738.7	+	6429.5)	/	2169.7
	=	3.76

Quebecor'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
	=	(1738.7	+	6429.5)	/	2126.8
	=	3.84

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.

Quebecor (TSX:QBR.B) 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.

Quebecor Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Quebecor (TSX:QBR.B) Business Description

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Address

612, rue Saint-Jacques, Corporate secretariat, 18th floor, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3C 4M8

Website

https://www.quebecor.com

Quebecor primarily provides telecom services in Quebec, where it has roughly 1.7 million internet subscribers—equating to a penetration rate of about 50% in its footprint—and over 3 million mobile subscribers, including more than 20% wireless market share in Quebec. With the acquisition of Freedom Mobile in April 2023, Quebecor also has more than 1.5 million mobile subscribers in Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta. Quebecor also offers a French-language subscription video on demand service and has a media segment that owns and operates television stations, publishes newspapers and magazines, and produces and distributes films and television shows. A very small portion of Quebecor's business engages in live event production and promotion and has ownership of live-event venues.

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