Design Capital (HKSE:01545) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.16 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Design Capital Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Design Capital's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$18.5 Mil. Design Capital's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$64.4 Mil. Design Capital's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$71.3 Mil. Design Capital's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.16.

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

HKSE:01545' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01 Med: 0.66 Max: 1.47
Current: 1.47

During the past 8 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Design Capital was 1.47. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.66.

HKSE:01545's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
71.26% of 842 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.685 vs HKSE:01545: 1.47

Design Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Design Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Design Capital Annual Data

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Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

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0.32

1.00

1.34

1.39

1.47

Design Capital Semi-Annual Data
	Dec16	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial									1.53	1.64	1.23	2.05	1.16

Competitive Comparison of Design Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Design Capital'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.

Design Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Design Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Design Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Design Capital'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
	=	(18.456	+	64.356)	/	56.359
	=	1.47

Design Capital'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
	=	(18.456	+	64.356)	/	71.292
	=	1.16

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.

Design Capital (HKSE:01545) 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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Design Capital (HKSE:01545) Business Description

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Address

130 Joo Seng Road, No. 07-05, Singapore, SGP, 368357

Website

https://www.designcapital.sg

Design Capital Ltd is an investment holding company. Along with its subsidiaries, the company is engaged in the segments of Interior design, Furniture sales, U.S. furniture sales, and corporate. Furniture sales include both furniture sales and project sales and U.S. furniture sales. It derives prime revenue from the U.S. furniture sales segment which represents online sales of furniture in the U.S. market. Geographically the group has a business presence in the U.S., Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei.

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