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Guan Chong Bhd (XKLS:5102) Debt-to-EBITDA : 6.72 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Guan Chong Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Guan Chong Bhd's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was RM1,548 Mil. Guan Chong Bhd's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was RM711 Mil. Guan Chong Bhd's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was RM336 Mil. Guan Chong Bhd's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.72.

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 Guan Chong Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

XKLS:5102' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.06   Med: 4.72   Max: 40.81
Current: 7.94

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Guan Chong Bhd was 40.81. The lowest was 2.06. And the median was 4.72.

XKLS:5102's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
86.44% of 1431 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.14 vs XKLS:5102: 7.94

Guan Chong Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guan Chong Bhd'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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Guan Chong Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Guan Chong Bhd 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 2.06 3.13 4.61 3.98 6.23

Guan Chong Bhd 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 6.10 7.34 6.43 6.99 6.72

Competitive Comparison of Guan Chong Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Confectioners subindustry, Guan Chong Bhd'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.


Guan Chong Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Guan Chong Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guan Chong Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Guan Chong Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Guan Chong Bhd'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
=(1547.572 + 711.131) / 362.307
=6.23

Guan Chong Bhd'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
=(1547.572 + 711.131) / 336.348
=6.72

* 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.


Guan Chong Bhd  (XKLS:5102) 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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Guan Chong Bhd (XKLS:5102) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
PLO 273, Jalan Timah 2, Kawasan Perindustrian, Pasir Gudang, JHR, MYS, 81700
Guan Chong Bhd is engaged in investment holding, manufacturing, distributing and trading in Cocoa butter, Cocoa Cake, Cocoa powder and Cocoa-derived food ingredients. Geographically, the Group operates in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Germany of which key revenue is derived from Singapore.

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