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Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co (HKSE:00980) Debt-to-EBITDA : -5.38 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$911 Mil. Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$4,709 Mil. Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-1,045 Mil. Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -5.38.

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 Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:00980' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -14.4   Med: 3.63   Max: 5.24
Current: -14.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co was 5.24. The lowest was -14.40. And the median was 3.63.

HKSE:00980's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 840 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.675 vs HKSE:00980: -14.40

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lianhua Supermarket Holdings 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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Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co 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 4.51 4.10 4.55 3.63 5.24

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co 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 -12.97 12.46 -203.05 23.38 -5.38

Competitive Comparison of Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Department Stores subindustry, Lianhua Supermarket Holdings 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.


Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co'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
=(911.145 + 4708.907) / 1071.858
=5.24

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co'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
=(911.145 + 4708.907) / -1044.554
=-5.38

* 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.


Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co  (HKSE:00980) 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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Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co (HKSE:00980) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 1258 Zhen Guang Road, 5th to 14th Floors, Shanghai, CHN
Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co Ltd is a Hong Kong-based investment holding company engaged in the operation of stores. The company's reportable segments include hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores, and Other operations. These three segments expand under the brand names of Century Mart, Lianhua Supermarket, Hualian Supermarket and Lianhua Quik. Majority of the revenue is derived from Hypermarket segment.

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