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Cofco Sugar Holding Co (SHSE:600737) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.93 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Cofco Sugar Holding Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cofco Sugar Holding Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥6,515 Mil. Cofco Sugar Holding Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥35 Mil. Cofco Sugar Holding Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥2,236 Mil. Cofco Sugar Holding Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.93.

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 Cofco Sugar Holding Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SHSE:600737' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.22   Med: 2.77   Max: 10.73
Current: 2.31

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cofco Sugar Holding Co was 10.73. The lowest was 1.22. And the median was 2.77.

SHSE:600737's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
51.92% of 1433 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.14 vs SHSE:600737: 2.31

Cofco Sugar Holding Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cofco Sugar Holding Co'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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Cofco Sugar Holding Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Cofco Sugar Holding Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.52 2.18 2.74 2.59 1.22

Cofco Sugar Holding Co 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 4.97 1.73 1.54 1.17 2.93

Competitive Comparison of Cofco Sugar Holding Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Cofco Sugar Holding Co'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.


Cofco Sugar Holding Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Cofco Sugar Holding Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cofco Sugar Holding Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Cofco Sugar Holding Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cofco Sugar Holding Co'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
=(3703.335 + 54.809) / 3069.269
=1.22

Cofco Sugar Holding Co'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
=(6515.058 + 34.937) / 2235.9
=2.93

* 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.


Cofco Sugar Holding Co  (SHSE:600737) 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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Cofco Sugar Holding Co (SHSE:600737) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, W101, 1st Floor, Building 54, Yutang Village, Daxiqu Town District, Changji Prefecture, Changji, CHN, 830000
Cofco Sugar Holding Co Ltd is engaged in sugar business and tomato processing business. The company also takes care of sugar imports, port sugar refining, and sugar storage and logistics. Some of the company's products are raw sugar, white sugar, organic white granulated sugar, refined sugar, brown sugar, molasses, beet ordinary granules, and plus honey granules.
Executives
Li Feng Chun senior management
Yu Tian Chi senior management
Yang Hong senior management

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