Deutsche Telekom AG (XPRA:DTE) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 3.82 (As of Dec. 2023)

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

Deutsche Telekom AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was Kč347,017 Mil. Deutsche Telekom AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was Kč3,118,772 Mil. Deutsche Telekom AG's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was Kč906,811 Mil. Deutsche Telekom AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.82.

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 Deutsche Telekom AG's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

XPRA:DTE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.48 Med: 3.09 Max: 3.55
Current: 3.29

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Deutsche Telekom AG was 3.55. The lowest was 2.48. And the median was 3.09.

XPRA:DTE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
65.51% of 316 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.21 vs XPRA:DTE: 3.29

Deutsche Telekom AG Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Deutsche Telekom AG Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

2.98

3.48

3.55

3.32

3.29

Deutsche Telekom AG 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																3.72	3.20	3.34	3.23	3.82

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Deutsche Telekom AG'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.

Deutsche Telekom AG Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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

Deutsche Telekom AG Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Deutsche Telekom AG'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
	=	(347016.98	+	3118771.973)	/	1054022.165
	=	3.29

Deutsche Telekom AG'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
	=	(347016.98	+	3118771.973)	/	906811
	=	3.82

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.

Deutsche Telekom AG (XPRA:DTE) 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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Deutsche Telekom AG (XPRA:DTE) Business Description

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DTEGY:USA DTEGF:USA DTE:Romania DTE:Mexico DTE:Italy DEUTSCHETEL:Hungary DTEd:UK 0MPH:UK DTE:Germany DTE:Austria

Address

Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140, Bonn, DEU, 53113

Website

https://www.telekom.com

Deutsche Telekom is the incumbent telecom operator in Germany and remains the dominant player in both mobile and fixed markets. It also owns a controlling stake in T-Mobile US—one of three primary wireless carriers in the United States—which merged with Sprint in 2020, consolidating the market from four to three operators. Aside from its two core markets, Deutsche Telekom also has operations in several Central European countries and holds an IT arm (Systems Solutions).