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Jardine Matheson Holdings (Jardine Matheson Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.95 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Jardine Matheson Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Jardine Matheson Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,267 Mil. Jardine Matheson Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $14,099 Mil. Jardine Matheson Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,422 Mil. Jardine Matheson Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.95.

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 Jardine Matheson Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

JARLF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.49   Med: 2.28   Max: 8.53
Current: 5.06

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Jardine Matheson Holdings was 8.53. The lowest was 1.49. And the median was 2.28.

JARLF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
65.6% of 407 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 3.29 vs JARLF: 5.06

Jardine Matheson Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Jardine Matheson 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.

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Jardine Matheson Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Jardine Matheson Holdings 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 2.29 8.53 3.08 3.39 3.34

Jardine Matheson Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 2.69 4.23 7.20 4.20 5.95

Competitive Comparison of Jardine Matheson Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Jardine Matheson 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.


Jardine Matheson Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Jardine Matheson Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Jardine Matheson Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Jardine Matheson Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Jardine Matheson 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
=(6267 + 14099) / 6100
=3.34

Jardine Matheson 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
=(6267 + 14099) / 3422
=5.95

* 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.


Jardine Matheson Holdings  (OTCPK:JARLF) 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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Jardine Matheson Holdings (Jardine Matheson Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
33-35 Reid Street, 4th Floor, Jardine House, P.O. Box HM 1068, Hamilton, BMU, HM 12
Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd is a conglomerate of businesses operating primarily in Greater China and Southeast Asia. The affiliates offer products and services in motor vehicles and related operations, property investment and development, food retailing, home furnishing, engineering and construction, transport services, insurance broking, restaurants, luxury hotels, financial services, heavy equipment, mining, and agribusiness. In terms of net income, the largest businesses within the group are Hong Kong Land and Dairy Farm, which are property investment firms and food retailers, respectively.

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