SES (XPAR:SESG) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.56 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is SES Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

SES's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €732 Mil. SES's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €3,466 Mil. SES's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €-7,468 Mil. SES's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.56.

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

XPAR:SESG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.92 Med: 3.35 Max: 83.96
Current: 83.96

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of SES was 83.96. The lowest was 1.92. And the median was 3.35.

XPAR:SESG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
98.51% of 673 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.65 vs XPAR:SESG: 83.96

SES Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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SES Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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3.74

3.90

1.92

5.11

83.96

SES Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															13.23	-	3.77	-	-0.56

Competitive Comparison of SES's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Broadcasting subindustry, SES'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.

SES's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

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

SES Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

SES'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
	=	(732	+	3466)	/	50
	=	83.96

SES'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
	=	(732	+	3466)	/	-7468
	=	-0.56

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.

SES (XPAR:SESG) 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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SES (XPAR:SESG) Business Description

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Address

Chateau de Betzdorf, Betzdorf, Luxembourg, LUX, L-6815

Website

https://www.ses.com

SES SA is a communications satellite owner and operator and functions in the television broadcasting space. It operates in one operating segment, namely the provision of satellite-based data transmission capacity, and ancillary services, to customers around the world. The largest video division delivers television and radio satellite signals to homes through various media providers such as Comcast, Viacom, M7, and QVC. The mobility revenue is derived by offering high-bandwidth Internet connections to maritime users, and SES SA's government division offers secure communication links to international institutions and governments. Fixed Data works to bring satellite networks and connectivity to remote areas.