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Altice USA (Altice USA) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 9.76 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Altice USA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $359 Mil. Altice USA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $24,980 Mil. Altice USA's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,597 Mil. Altice USA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.76.

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

ATUS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.82   Med: 6.82   Max: 11.63
Current: 7.45

During the past 8 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Altice USA was 11.63. The lowest was 5.82. And the median was 6.82.

ATUS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
89.56% of 316 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 2.185 vs ATUS: 7.45

Altice USA Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Altice USA'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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Altice USA Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.19 6.71 6.14 7.41 7.45

Altice USA 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.67 7.29 6.61 6.86 9.76

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Altice USA'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.


Altice USA Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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



Altice USA Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Altice USA'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
=(359.407 + 24980.201) / 3401.982
=7.45

Altice USA'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
=(359.407 + 24980.201) / 2596.936
=9.76

* 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.


Altice USA  (NYSE:ATUS) 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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Altice USA (Altice USA) Business Description

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Address
1 Court Square West, Long Island City, New York, NY, USA, 11101
Altice Europe acquired privately held U.S. cable company Suddenlink in 2015 and Cablevision in 2016. Suddenlink's networks provide television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 3.5 million U.S. homes and businesses located primarily in smaller markets, with major clusters in Texas, West Virginia, Idaho, Arizona, and Louisiana. Cablevision provides comparable services to about 5.5 million homes and business in the New York City metro area. Both regions operate under the Optimum brand name. Altice Europe spun off Altice USA, which includes both the Suddenlink and Cablevision operations, to shareholders in 2018. Altice USA also owns News 12 Networks, which broadcasts local news in New York, i24News, a news operation focused on the Middle East, and Cheddar, a news upstart.
Executives
Alexandre Fonseca director 1 COURT SQUARE WEST, LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
Marc Sirota officer: Chief Financial Officer 1 COURT SQUARE WEST, LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
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Dennis Mathew officer: Chief Executive Officer 1 COURT SQUARE WEST, LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
Maria Bruzzese officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1 COURT SQUARE WEST, LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
Charles Stewart officer: Co-President & CFO 1111 STEWART AVENUE, BETHPAGE NY 11714
Mark Mullen director 1111 STEWART AVENUE, BETHPAGE NY 11714
Susan C Schnabel director C/O CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, 11 MADISON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10010
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Raymond Svider director 650 MADISON AVENUE, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Michael Olsen officer: Acting Gen Counsel & Secretary 1 COURT SQUARE W, LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
Michael Grau officer: Chief Financial Officer 1 COURT SQUARE W, LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
Soroban Opportunities Master Fund Lp 10 percent owner WALKERS CORPORATE LIMITED, CAYMAN CORPORATE CENTRE, 27 HOSPITAL RD, GEORGE TOWN E9 KY1-9008
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