Emperor Capital Group (HKSE:00717) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.54 (As of Sep. 2023)

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What is Emperor Capital Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Emperor Capital Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$219.3 Mil. Emperor Capital Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$12.8 Mil. Emperor Capital Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$-431.7 Mil. Emperor Capital Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -0.54.

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 Emperor Capital Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:00717' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -59.48 Med: 2.28 Max: 5.81
Current: -1.17

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Emperor Capital Group was 5.81. The lowest was -59.48. And the median was 2.28.

HKSE:00717's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 255 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 8.15 vs HKSE:00717: -1.17

Emperor Capital Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Emperor Capital Group's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Emperor Capital Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Emperor Capital Group Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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-59.48

5.81

-1.94

-1.75

-1.69

Emperor Capital Group Semi-Annual Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.84	-0.58	2.00	-0.54	-

Competitive Comparison of Emperor Capital Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Credit Services subindustry, Emperor Capital Group'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.

Emperor Capital Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Emperor Capital Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Emperor Capital Group's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Emperor Capital Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Emperor Capital Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(219.32	+	12.756)	/	-137.405
	=	-1.69

Emperor Capital Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(219.32	+	12.756)	/	-431.724
	=	-0.54

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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.

Emperor Capital Group (HKSE:00717) 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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Emperor Capital Group (HKSE:00717) Business Description

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HQF:Germany

Address

288 Hennessy Road, 23rd-24th Floor, Emperor Group Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong, HKG

Website

https://www.emperorcapital.com

Emperor Capital Group Ltd is principally engaged in providing financial services. The company has four reportable segments namely Financing, which offers margin financing and money-lending services; Brokerage, which provides broking services and related handling services for securities, options, futures, insurance, other assets, and wealth-management products; Placing and Underwriting, which provides placing and underwriting services; and Corporate Finance, which offers corporate finance advisory services. The financing segment accounts maximum of the company's total revenue. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Hong Kong, with a little from the U.S. and other areas.

Executives

China Asset Management (hong Kong) Limited	2102 Investment manager
Zhong Guo Hua Rong Zi Chan Guan Li Gu Fen You Xian Gong Si
Hua Rong Hua Qiao Zi Chan Guan Li Gu Fen You Xian Gong Si
Cdm Trust & Board Services Ag	2301 Trustee
Albert Yeung Capital Holdings Limited	2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Luk Siu Man, Semon	2202 Interest of your spouse
Yeung Sau Shing, Albert	2307 Founder of a discretionary trust who can infl
Yeung Daisy	2501 Other

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