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Four Seasons Education (Cayman) (Four Seasons Education (Cayman)) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.74 (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was $0.24 Mil. Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was $0.21 Mil. Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was $0.26 Mil. Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 1.73.

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 Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FEDU' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.32   Med: 0.72   Max: 4.48
Current: -0.33

During the past 8 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Four Seasons Education (Cayman) was 4.48. The lowest was -16.32. And the median was 0.72.

FEDU's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 183 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.89 vs FEDU: -0.33

Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'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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Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Annual Data
Trend Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 4.48 -16.32 1.56 -0.12

Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Semi-Annual Data
Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23
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 -10.66 -1.46 -0.23 -0.18 1.74

Competitive Comparison of Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'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.


Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.37 + 0.175) / -4.484
=-0.12

Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.244 + 0.207) / 0.26
=1.73

* 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 two times the quarterly (Aug. 2023) EBITDA data.


Four Seasons Education (Cayman)  (NYSE:FEDU) 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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Four Seasons Education (Cayman) (Four Seasons Education (Cayman)) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
309 Yuyuan Road, Room 1301, Zi'an Building, Jing'an District, Shanghai, CHN, 200040
Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Inc is engaged in the provision of after-school education services for kindergarten, elementary and middle school students. The company is a comprehensive educational enterprise that provides research practice services, educational informatization equipment, high-quality educational resources, and teacher training, as well as a digital publishing business, and continues to expand in educational research and educational informatization.