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Swire Pacific (Swire Pacific) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.35 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Swire Pacific Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Swire Pacific's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,470 Mil. Swire Pacific's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8,044 Mil. Swire Pacific's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7,031 Mil. Swire Pacific's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.35.

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 Swire Pacific's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SWRAF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.69   Med: 2.93   Max: 8.58
Current: 2.11

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Swire Pacific was 8.58. The lowest was 1.69. And the median was 2.93.

SWRAF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
62.9% of 407 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 3.29 vs SWRAF: 2.11

Swire Pacific Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Swire Pacific'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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Swire Pacific Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Swire Pacific 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 2.98 8.58 4.21 4.85 1.83

Swire Pacific 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 3.56 6.79 6.30 5.54 1.35

Competitive Comparison of Swire Pacific's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Swire Pacific'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.


Swire Pacific's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Swire Pacific's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Swire Pacific Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Swire Pacific'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
=(1469.692 + 8043.612) / 5195.652
=1.83

Swire Pacific'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
=(1469.692 + 8043.612) / 7030.654
=1.35

* 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.


Swire Pacific  (OTCPK:SWRAF) 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.


Swire Pacific Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Swire Pacific (Swire Pacific) Business Description

Address
88 Queensway, GPO Box 1, 33rd Floor, One Pacific Place, Hong Kong, HKG
Swire Pacific is a Hong Kong-based conglomerate with interests in property, aviation, beverage, trading, and industrials. The property division, an 82% stake in Swire Properties, contributes more than half of the group's operating profit. The beverage division is one of two Coca-Cola bottlers in mainland China and also a bottler in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The aviation division consists of Haeco, an aircraft engineering company, and a 45% stake in Cathay Pacific. As of end June 2023, John Swire & Sons, the parent company, holds a 60% stake in Swire Pacific but has 68% of the voting rights through a dual-class share structure.

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