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Fidelity National Information Services (Fidelity National Information Services) Debt-to-EBITDA

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

Fidelity National Information Services's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,193 Mil. Fidelity National Information Services's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $13,148 Mil. Fidelity National Information Services's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,648 Mil. Fidelity National Information Services's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.30.

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 Fidelity National Information Services's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FIS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.74   Med: 4.3   Max: 6.4
Current: 4.55

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Fidelity National Information Services was 6.40. The lowest was 2.74. And the median was 4.30.

FIS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
82.09% of 1586 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.03 vs FIS: 4.55

Fidelity National Information Services Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fidelity National Information Services'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.

* Premium members only.

Fidelity National Information Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.40 4.77 4.22 4.01 4.77

Fidelity National Information Services 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 4.12 4.06 3.46 4.94 7.30

Competitive Comparison

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Fidelity National Information Services'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.


Fidelity National Information Services Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Fidelity National Information Services's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fidelity National Information Services's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Fidelity National Information Services Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Fidelity National Information Services'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
=(6193 + 13148) / 4051
=4.77

Fidelity National Information Services'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
=(6193 + 13148) / 2648
=7.30

* 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.


Fidelity National Information Services  (NYSE:FIS) 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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Fidelity National Information Services (Fidelity National Information Services) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
347 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, FL, USA, 32202
Fidelity National Information Services' legacy operations provide core processing and ancillary services to banks, but its business has expanded over time. By acquiring Sungard in 2015, the company now provides record-keeping and other services to investment firms. With the acquisition of Worldpay in 2019, FIS now provides payment processing services for merchants and holds leading positions in the United States and United Kingdom. About a fourth of revenue is generated outside North America.
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