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Airtel Africa (LSE:AAF) Debt-to-EBITDA : 6.37 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Airtel Africa Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Airtel Africa's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was £1,403 Mil. Airtel Africa's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was £2,108 Mil. Airtel Africa's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was £551 Mil. Airtel Africa's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 6.37.

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

LSE:AAF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.73   Med: 3.25   Max: 21.7
Current: 3.64

During the past 8 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Airtel Africa was 21.70. The lowest was 1.73. And the median was 3.25.

LSE:AAF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
69.84% of 315 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.18 vs LSE:AAF: 3.64

Airtel Africa Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

* 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.

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Airtel Africa Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Airtel Africa Annual Data
Trend Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.80 2.74 1.73 1.91 3.70

Airtel Africa Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.02 8.58 1.89 2.78 6.37

Competitive Comparison of Airtel Africa's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Airtel Africa'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.


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

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

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



Airtel Africa Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Airtel Africa's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1403.221 + 2108.373) / 949.909
=3.70

Airtel Africa's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1403.221 + 2108.373) / 550.9
=6.37

* 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.

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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Airtel Africa  (LSE:AAF) 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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Airtel Africa (LSE:AAF) Business Description

Address
53/54 Grosvenor Street, First Floor, London, GBR, W1K 3HU
Airtel Africa PLC is engaged in providing affordable and innovative mobile services. The company's segment includes Nigeria mobile services; East Africa mobile services; Francophone Africa mobile services; Mobile money and others. It generates maximum revenue from the Nigeria mobile services segment. Nigeria mobile services segment comprising of mobile service operations in Nigeria.

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