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China Liberal Education Holdings (China Liberal Education Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA

: -0.21 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

China Liberal Education Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.69 Mil. China Liberal Education Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.03 Mil. China Liberal Education Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-8.06 Mil. China Liberal Education Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.21.

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 China Liberal Education Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CLEU' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.7   Med: -0.05   Max: 0.08
Current: -0.7

During the past 7 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of China Liberal Education Holdings was 0.08. The lowest was -0.70. And the median was -0.05.

CLEU's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 182 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.885 vs CLEU: -0.70

China Liberal Education Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Liberal Education Holdings'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.

* Premium members only.

Array ( [0] => - [1] => - [2] => 0.03 [3] => 0.08 [4] => -0.05 [5] => -0.63 [6] => -0.50 )
China Liberal Education Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.03 0.08 -0.05 -0.63 -0.50

China Liberal Education Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.02 0.10 -0.16 0.64 -0.21

Competitive Comparison

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, China Liberal Education Holdings'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.


China Liberal Education Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, China Liberal Education Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Liberal Education Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



China Liberal Education Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

China Liberal Education Holdings'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
=(1.685 + 0.033) / -3.459
=-0.50

China Liberal Education Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(1.685 + 0.033) / -8.06
=-0.21

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


China Liberal Education Holdings  (NAS:CLEU) 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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China Liberal Education Holdings (China Liberal Education Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. A1 Chaoqian Road, Room 805, Block 15, Science and Technology Park, Changping District, Beijing, CHN, 102200
China Liberal Education Holdings Ltd is an educational service provider operating in China. The company's operating segment includes Sino-foreign Jointly Managed Academic Programs, textbooks and course material sales, Overseas Study Consulting Services, Technological Consulting Services for Smart Campus Solutions and Tailored Job Readiness Training Services. Geographically, it derives revenue from China.