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Deutsche Telekom AG (XPRA:DTE) Financial Strength

: 2 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Deutsche Telekom AG has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Deutsche Telekom AG displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Deutsche Telekom AG's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.05. Deutsche Telekom AG's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.23. As of today, Deutsche Telekom AG's Altman Z-Score is 0.86.


Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Deutsche Telekom AG's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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 Financial Strength Distribution

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Deutsche Telekom AG's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Deutsche Telekom AG's Financial Strength falls into.



Deutsche Telekom AG Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Deutsche Telekom AG's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was Kč-57,294 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was Kč117,426 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was Kč3,118,772 Mil.

Deutsche Telekom AG's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*117426.297/-57293.656
=2.05

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Deutsche Telekom AG interest coverage is 2.88, which is low.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Deutsche Telekom AG's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(347016.98 + 3118771.973) / 2810301.556
=1.23

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Deutsche Telekom AG has a Z-score of 0.86, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.86 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


Deutsche Telekom AG  (XPRA:DTE) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Deutsche Telekom AG has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Deutsche Telekom AG (XPRA:DTE) Business Description

Address
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140, Bonn, DEU, 53113
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).

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