United States Cellular (United States Cellular) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.44 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is United States Cellular Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

United States Cellular's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $155 Mil. United States Cellular's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,875 Mil. United States Cellular's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $908 Mil. United States Cellular's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.44.

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 United States Cellular's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

USM' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.5 Med: 2.91 Max: 4.47
Current: 4.18

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of United States Cellular was 4.47. The lowest was 1.50. And the median was 2.91.

USM's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
76.34% of 317 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.24 vs USM: 4.18

United States Cellular Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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United States Cellular Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

United States Cellular Annual Data

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2.49

3.33

3.63

4.47

4.19

United States Cellular 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															5.44	4.42	4.37	3.74	4.44

Competitive Comparison of United States Cellular's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, United States Cellular'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.

United States Cellular's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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

United States Cellular Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

United States Cellular'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
	=	(155	+	3875)	/	963
	=	4.18

United States Cellular'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
	=	(155	+	3875)	/	908
	=	4.44

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.

United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) 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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United States Cellular (United States Cellular) Business Description

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Address

8410 West Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, USA, 60631

Website

https://www.uscellular.com

U.S. Cellular is a regional wireless carrier that serves about 5 million customers spread across four major geographic clusters: the Midwest, mid-Atlantic, New England, and the Pacific Northwest. These service territories encompass a total population of about 32 million people. The vast majority of the markets the firm serves are rural or second/third-tier cities, with only the greater Milwaukee and Oklahoma City regions boasting populations greater than 1 million. U.S. Cellular also owns a 5.5% stake in Verizon Wireless' Los Angeles operations and, unlike its wireless carrier peers, owns most of its own towers.

Executives

Michael Irizarry	officer: EVP & CTO-Engineering and IS	8410 W BRYN MAWR, CHICAGO IL 60631
Kevin R Lowell	officer: EVP, Chief People Officer	8410 W. BRYN MAWR AVE, CHICAGO IL 60631
Xavier Williams	director	C/O AMERICAN VIRTUAL CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES, 1720 PEACHTREE ST., SUITE 629, ATLANTA GA 30309
James W Butman	director	30 N. LASALLE STREET, STE. 4000, CHICAGO IL 60602
Gregory P Josefowicz	director	850 76TH STREET SW, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49518
Deirdre Drake	officer: SVP-Chief HR Officer	8410 W. BRYN MAWR AVE, CHICAGO IL 60631
Esteban C Iriarte	director	8410 W. BRYN MAWR, CHICAGO IL 60631
Vicki L Villacrez	director	30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 4000, CHICAGO IL 60602
Ronald E Daly	director
J Samuel Crowley	director	8410 WEST BRYN MAWR ST STE 700, CHICAGO IL 60631
Jay Ellison	officer: EVP-Operations
Laurent C Therivel	director, officer: President and CEO	8410 W. BRYN MAWR STREET, CHICAGO IL 60631
Kenneth R Meyers	director, officer: President and CEO
Anita J Kroll	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 4000, CHICAGO IL 60602
Steven T Campbell	director, officer: EVP-Finance, CFO and Treasurer	8410 W. BRYN MAWR, CHICAGO IL 60631