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Ho Tung Chemical (TPE:1714) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.36 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Ho Tung Chemical Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Ho Tung Chemical's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$919 Mil. Ho Tung Chemical's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$2,264 Mil. Ho Tung Chemical's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$2,343 Mil. Ho Tung Chemical's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.36.

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

TPE:1714' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.99   Med: 3.37   Max: 50.54
Current: 1.68

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Ho Tung Chemical was 50.54. The lowest was 0.99. And the median was 3.37.

TPE:1714's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
59.06% of 1214 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.31 vs TPE:1714: 1.68

Ho Tung Chemical Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ho Tung 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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Ho Tung Chemical Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Ho Tung 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 3.78 0.99 1.20 2.00 1.72

Ho Tung 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 1.90 1.90 1.54 1.81 1.36

Competitive Comparison of Ho Tung Chemical's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Chemicals subindustry, Ho Tung 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.


Ho Tung Chemical's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

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



Ho Tung Chemical Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Ho Tung 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
=(527.09 + 2420.015) / 1714.466
=1.72

Ho Tung 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
=(918.811 + 2264.341) / 2342.7
=1.36

* 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.


Ho Tung Chemical  (TPE:1714) 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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Ho Tung Chemical (TPE:1714) Business Description

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Address
No. 1, Zhugong 2nd Lane, Zhuhouli, Renwu District, Kaohsiung, TWN
Ho Tung Chemical Corp is a chemical product manufacturer. It is focused on the business of chemicals, oil, investment, cement, and construction business. The company's key products comprise paraffin, Linear Alkylbenzene, Anionic Surfactants, Cationic Surfactants, Non-ionic Surfactants, Amphoteric Surfactants, Solvents, and others.

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