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Formosa Chemicals & Fibre (TPE:1326) Debt-to-EBITDA : 7.51 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$70,226 Mil. Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$76,511 Mil. Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$19,536 Mil. Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.51.

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 Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:1326' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.16   Med: 1.92   Max: 5.27
Current: 5.27

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Formosa Chemicals & Fibre was 5.27. The lowest was 1.16. And the median was 1.92.

TPE:1326's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
75.35% of 1225 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.24 vs TPE:1326: 5.27

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Formosa Chemicals & Fibre'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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Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre 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 1.64 2.20 1.50 4.67 5.27

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 -12.05 9.36 5.43 2.94 7.51

Competitive Comparison of Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Chemicals subindustry, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre'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.


Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Formosa Chemicals & Fibre's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre'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
=(70225.657 + 76511.014) / 27869.238
=5.27

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre'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
=(70225.657 + 76511.014) / 19536.292
=7.51

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Formosa Chemicals & Fibre  (TPE:1326) 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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Formosa Chemicals & Fibre (TPE:1326) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Dunhua North Road, Number 201, Songshan District, Taipei, TWN, 105
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals, plastics-based products, and textiles. The Company has eight business divisions, namely First Chemical Division, Petrochemicals Division, Third Chemical Division, Plastics Division, Textile Division, First Fiber Division, Second Fiber Division, and Engineering & Construction Division. The Company's businesses are production and sales of petrochemical products, including PTA, PS, AN, Butadiene, SM polymer, SM, benzene, toluene, pxylene (PX) and o-xylene (OX), as well as nylon fiber, and rayon staple fiber. The Company is also engaged in spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing.

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