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ICO Group (HKSE:01460) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.20 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is ICO Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

ICO Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$1.2 Mil. ICO Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$60.4 Mil. ICO Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$51.4 Mil. ICO Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 1.20.

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 ICO Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:01460' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -10.82   Med: 0.35   Max: 1.83
Current: 1.83

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of ICO Group was 1.83. The lowest was -10.82. And the median was 0.35.

HKSE:01460's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
63.99% of 1616 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.005 vs HKSE:01460: 1.83

ICO Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for ICO Group'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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ICO Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

ICO Group Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.07 0.25 0.75 1.66 1.42

ICO Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 0.49 6.88 1.24 3.62 1.20

Competitive Comparison of ICO Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, ICO Group'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.


ICO Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, ICO Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where ICO Group's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



ICO Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

ICO Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.221 + 57.354) / 40.564
=1.42

ICO Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.202 + 60.352) / 51.358
=1.20

* 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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


ICO Group  (HKSE:01460) 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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ICO Group (HKSE:01460) Business Description

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Address
No. 10 Shing Yip Street, Unit A, 25th Floor, TG Place, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
ICO Group Ltd along with its subsidiaries is engaged in the provision of Information technology(IT) solutions and services. The business activity of the group is functioned through IT application and solution development; IT infrastructure solutions; IT secondment services; Maintenance and support services, and Property leasing and e-commerce business segment. The company drives a majority of the revenue from The IT Infrastructure solutions segment which is engaged in the provision of IT infrastructure solutions and sale of IT infrastructure solution related hardware and software. Geographically, the activities are carried out in Hong Kong and the PRC, of which maximum revenue is generated from Hong Kong.
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