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CGN Power Co (HKSE:01816) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.88 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is CGN Power Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

CGN Power Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was HK$24,942 Mil. CGN Power Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was HK$173,011 Mil. CGN Power Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was HK$33,670 Mil. CGN Power Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.88.

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 CGN Power Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:01816' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.43   Med: 7.09   Max: 9.75
Current: 8.03

During the past 11 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of CGN Power Co was 9.75. The lowest was 5.43. And the median was 7.09.

HKSE:01816's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
71.47% of 326 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 4.35 vs HKSE:01816: 8.03

CGN Power Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for CGN Power 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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CGN Power Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

CGN Power 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 6.30 5.97 5.77 5.81 5.43

CGN Power Co Quarterly Data
Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 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 - 6.21 6.76 N/A 5.88

Competitive Comparison of CGN Power Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, CGN Power 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.


CGN Power Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, CGN Power Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CGN Power Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



CGN Power Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

CGN Power 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
=(49262.974 + 177463.927) / 41761.543
=5.43

CGN Power 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
=(24941.995 + 173011.394) / 33669.752
=5.88

* 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.


CGN Power Co  (HKSE:01816) 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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CGN Power Co (HKSE:01816) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 2002 Shennan Road, 18th Floor, South Tower, CGN Building, Futian District, Guangdong Province, Shenzhen, CHN, 518026
CGN Power is a major nuclear power producer in China. It operates 26 nuclear power generating units (total installed capacity of 29.4 gigawatts), with 14 units in Guangdong and the rest in Guangxi, Fujian, and Liaoning provinces as of end-2022. CGN is adding capacity of 8.4 gigawatts into its operations over the next five years. State-owned China General Nuclear Power, controls about 58.9% of CGN Power.

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