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Khong Guan (SGX:K03) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.37 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Khong Guan Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Khong Guan's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was S$0.05 Mil. Khong Guan's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was S$0.06 Mil. Khong Guan's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was S$0.31 Mil. Khong Guan's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.37.

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

SGX:K03' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 0.06   Max: 0.61
Current: 0.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Khong Guan was 0.61. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.06.

SGX:K03's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
83.46% of 254 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.675 vs SGX:K03: 0.61

Khong Guan Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Khong Guan Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.09 0.06 0.02 0.11

Khong Guan Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
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 0.09 0.02 0.05 2.36 0.37

Competitive Comparison of Khong Guan's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Khong Guan'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.


Khong Guan's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Khong Guan's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Khong Guan Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Khong Guan's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.057 + 0.089) / 1.343
=0.11

Khong Guan's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.054 + 0.059) / 0.306
=0.37

* 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 (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Khong Guan  (SGX:K03) 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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Khong Guan (SGX:K03) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
2 MacTaggart Road, Number 03-01, Khong Guan Building, Singapore, SGP, 368078
Khong Guan Ltd is a Singapore-based investment holding company. It operates its business in various segments that are Trading of Wheat Flour and Consumer Goods, which trades in Singapore and Malaysia; Investment Trading, which trades in shares mainly listed in Singapore and Malaysia; and Investment Holding, which holds shares for dividend income. The Trading of Wheat Flour and Consumer Goods segment generates maximum revenue for the company. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Malaysia.

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