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Be Friends Holding (HKSE:01450) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.84 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Be Friends Holding Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Be Friends Holding's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$139 Mil. Be Friends Holding's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$46 Mil. Be Friends Holding's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$220 Mil. Be Friends Holding's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.84.

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 Be Friends Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:01450' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1503.85   Med: -0.6   Max: 7.65
Current: 1.1

During the past 11 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Be Friends Holding was 7.65. The lowest was -1503.85. And the median was -0.60.

HKSE:01450's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
50.81% of 1608 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.06 vs HKSE:01450: 1.10

Be Friends Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Be Friends Holding'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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Be Friends Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Be Friends Holding 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 -2.54 -2.50 -3.80 7.65 0.92

Be Friends Holding 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 -2.12 -3.22 2.44 1.35 0.84

Competitive Comparison of Be Friends Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Be Friends Holding'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.


Be Friends Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Be Friends Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Be Friends Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Be Friends Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Be Friends Holding'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
=(138.927 + 45.872) / 201.586
=0.92

Be Friends Holding'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
=(138.927 + 45.872) / 219.708
=0.84

* 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.


Be Friends Holding  (HKSE:01450) 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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Be Friends Holding (HKSE:01450) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 10 Jiachuang Road, Building H8, Privy Council, Tongzhou District, Opto-Mechatronics Industrial Park, Beijing, CHN, 101111
Be Friends Holding Ltd Formerly Century Sage Scientific Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company principally engaged in the provision of television (TV) broadcast application solutions, including production, broadcast, and transmission solutions. The company is also engaged in the provision of sports event broadcast services and system maintenance services, as well as the development and sales of equipment. The company's segments include New media services; Application solutions; System maintenance services; and Sales of self-developed products. It derives the majority of its revenue from the New media services segment.
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