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Hsing Ta Cement Co (TPE:1109) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.33 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Hsing Ta Cement Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Hsing Ta Cement Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$249 Mil. Hsing Ta Cement Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$36 Mil. Hsing Ta Cement Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$861 Mil. Hsing Ta Cement Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.33.

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 Hsing Ta Cement Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:1109' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04   Med: 0.28   Max: 3.9
Current: 0.21

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Hsing Ta Cement Co was 3.90. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 0.28.

TPE:1109's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
89.46% of 313 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 2.16 vs TPE:1109: 0.21

Hsing Ta Cement Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hsing Ta Cement 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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Hsing Ta Cement Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Hsing Ta Cement 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 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.26 0.15

Hsing Ta Cement Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.28 0.20 0.20 0.13 0.33

Competitive Comparison of Hsing Ta Cement Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Building Materials subindustry, Hsing Ta Cement 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.


Hsing Ta Cement Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Hsing Ta Cement Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hsing Ta Cement Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Hsing Ta Cement Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Hsing Ta Cement 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
=(178.273 + 36.522) / 1421.305
=0.15

Hsing Ta Cement Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(249.144 + 36.361) / 861.324
=0.33

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Hsing Ta Cement Co  (TPE:1109) 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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Hsing Ta Cement Co (TPE:1109) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No.37, Pao Ching Road, 7th floor, Zhongzheng District, Taipei, TWN
Hsing Ta Cement Co Ltd is engaged in the quarrying, processing, warehousing and distribution of minerals, manufacturing, processing, warehousing and distribution of limestone chemicals, cement products and limestone related industry, treatment of general waste, sales and leasing of real estate, consultancy of building management. The firm's products are applied in the construction of buildings, roads, pipelines, bridges, water dams, ports and concrete engineering, among others. The Company mainly operates businesses in Taiwan and Mainland China.

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