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Guangdong Investment (HKSE:00270) Debt-to-EBITDA : 15.77 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Guangdong Investment Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Guangdong Investment's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$15,300 Mil. Guangdong Investment's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$27,733 Mil. Guangdong Investment's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$2,729 Mil. Guangdong Investment's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 15.77.

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 Guangdong Investment's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:00270' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.58   Med: 1.1   Max: 7.3
Current: 7.3

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Guangdong Investment was 7.30. The lowest was 0.58. And the median was 1.10.

HKSE:00270's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
80.78% of 463 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.81 vs HKSE:00270: 7.30

Guangdong Investment Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guangdong Investment'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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Guangdong Investment Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Guangdong Investment 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 0.95 1.16 2.73 4.07 5.14

Guangdong Investment Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 3.50 4.22 6.21 4.95 15.77

Competitive Comparison of Guangdong Investment's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Guangdong Investment'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.


Guangdong Investment's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Guangdong Investment's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Guangdong Investment Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Guangdong Investment'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
=(15300.199 + 27733.297) / 8379.177
=5.14

Guangdong Investment'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
=(15300.199 + 27733.297) / 2729.408
=15.77

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Guangdong Investment  (HKSE:00270) 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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Guangdong Investment (HKSE:00270) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
148 Connaught Road Central, 28th and 29th Floors, Guangdong Investment Tower, Hong Kong, HKG
Guangdong Investment Ltd is engaged in investment holding, water resources, property investment and development, department store operation, hotel ownership, operation and management, investment in energy projects, road, and bridge operation. Its segments include water resources, property investment and development, department store operation, electric power generation, hotel operation and management, road and bridge segment, and others segment. The company derives most of the revenue from the water resources segment that engages in water distribution, sewage treatment, and construction of water supply and sewage treatment infrastructure for customers in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

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