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HOKKO Chemical Industry Co (TSE:4992) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.40 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is HOKKO Chemical Industry Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

HOKKO Chemical Industry Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 円2,213 Mil. HOKKO Chemical Industry Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 円1,000 Mil. HOKKO Chemical Industry Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 円8,000 Mil. HOKKO Chemical Industry Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.40.

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 HOKKO Chemical Industry Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:4992' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.14   Med: 0.42   Max: 2.38
Current: 0.64

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of HOKKO Chemical Industry Co was 2.38. The lowest was 0.14. And the median was 0.42.

TSE:4992's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
77.09% of 179 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 2 vs TSE:4992: 0.64

HOKKO Chemical Industry Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for HOKKO Chemical Industry 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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HOKKO Chemical Industry Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

HOKKO Chemical Industry Co Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.24 0.45 0.30 0.21 0.14

HOKKO Chemical Industry Co Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 0.36 0.93 0.16 -1.92 0.40

Competitive Comparison of HOKKO Chemical Industry Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, HOKKO Chemical Industry 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.


HOKKO Chemical Industry Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, HOKKO Chemical Industry Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where HOKKO Chemical Industry Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



HOKKO Chemical Industry Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

HOKKO Chemical Industry Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 1000) / 7372
=0.14

HOKKO Chemical Industry Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2213 + 1000) / 8000
=0.40

* 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 (Feb. 2024) EBITDA data.


HOKKO Chemical Industry Co  (TSE:4992) 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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HOKKO Chemical Industry Co (TSE:4992) Business Description

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Address
Mitsui Building No.2, 4-20,Nihonbashi Hongoku-cho 4-chome, chuo-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 103-8341
HOKKO Chemical Industry Co Ltd is engaged in crop protection products business in the Japanese market as a manufacturer and distributor. The company also manufactures and markets chemicals, such as organophosphines, octyltin compounds, fragrance raw materials, and intermediates for agrochemicals and pharmaceutical chemicals, specialty styrene and among others.

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