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Formosan Union Chemical (TPE:1709) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.06 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Formosan Union Chemical Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Formosan Union Chemical's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$1,716 Mil. Formosan Union Chemical's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$700 Mil. Formosan Union Chemical's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$1,172 Mil. Formosan Union Chemical's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.06.

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 Formosan Union Chemical's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:1709' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.05   Med: 1.98   Max: 4.34
Current: 2.7

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Formosan Union Chemical was 4.34. The lowest was 1.05. And the median was 1.98.

TPE:1709's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
55.11% of 1214 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.31 vs TPE:1709: 2.70

Formosan Union Chemical Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Formosan Union Chemical'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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Formosan Union Chemical Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Formosan Union Chemical 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 4.34 2.29 1.65 1.64 2.92

Formosan Union Chemical Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 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 2.88 2.57 2.75 5.10 2.06

Competitive Comparison of Formosan Union Chemical's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Chemicals subindustry, Formosan Union Chemical'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.


Formosan Union Chemical's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Formosan Union Chemical's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Formosan Union Chemical's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Formosan Union Chemical Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Formosan Union Chemical'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
=(1614.09 + 716.587) / 797.335
=2.92

Formosan Union Chemical'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
=(1716.162 + 699.587) / 1171.892
=2.06

* 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.


Formosan Union Chemical  (TPE:1709) 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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Formosan Union Chemical (TPE:1709) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No.206, Nanking East Road, 14th Floor, Section 2, Taipei, TWN
Formosan Union Chemical Corp is a Taiwan-based company principally engaged in the manufacturing, processing, and trading of chemical products. Its key products are alkyl benzene, nonyl phenol, and hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin and its derivatives. The products are mainly used as raw materials for detergents, surfactants rubbers, and plastic anti-oxidant agents, among others.

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