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Bharti Airtel (NSE:BHARTIARTL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.62 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Bharti Airtel Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Bharti Airtel's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹262,083 Mil. Bharti Airtel's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹1,922,770 Mil. Bharti Airtel's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹833,108 Mil. Bharti Airtel's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.62.

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

NSE:BHARTIARTL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -19.62   Med: 3.01   Max: 5.89
Current: 3.06

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Bharti Airtel was 5.89. The lowest was -19.62. And the median was 3.01.

NSE:BHARTIARTL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
63.61% of 316 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.24 vs NSE:BHARTIARTL: 3.06

Bharti Airtel Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bharti Airtel'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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Bharti Airtel Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Bharti Airtel Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.38 -19.62 5.89 2.89 3.36

Bharti Airtel 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 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 3.14 3.88 3.29 2.88 2.62

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

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Bharti Airtel'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.


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

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

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



Bharti Airtel Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Bharti Airtel's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(236222 + 2023981) / 672880
=3.36

Bharti Airtel'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
=(262083 + 1922770) / 833108
=2.62

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Bharti Airtel  (NSE:BHARTIARTL) 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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Bharti Airtel (NSE:BHARTIARTL) Business Description

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Address
1, Nelson Mandela Road, Bharti Crescent, Phase II, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, IND, 110 070
Bharti Airtel Ltd is a telecommunications company. The company's segment includes Mobile Services India; Mobile Services Africa; Mobile Services South Asia; Airtel Business; Tower Infrastructure Services; Homes Services; Digital TV Services and others. It generates maximum revenue from the Mobile Services India segment. Mobile Services India services cover voice and data telecom services provided through wireless technology (2G / 3G / 4G) in India. It includes the captive national long distance networks which primarily provide connectivity to the mobile services business in India. It also includes intra-city fibre networks.

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