Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd (XKLS:0041) Debt-to-EBITDA : -3.51 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was RM2.44 Mil. Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was RM19.70 Mil. Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was RM-6.32 Mil. Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was -3.51.

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 Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

XKLS:0041' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.8 Med: 0.06 Max: 1.4
Current: -2.1

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd was 1.40. The lowest was -3.80. And the median was 0.06.

XKLS:0041's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 434 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 3.005 vs XKLS:0041: -2.10

Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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0.23

-0.68

-0.19

-0.28

0.11

Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd Quarterly Data
	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Dec23	Jun24	Sep24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.39	-0.54	-0.65	5.11	-3.51

Competitive Comparison of Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Hong Seng Consolidated 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.

Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(1.665	+	12.878)	/	130.219
	=	0.11

Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(2.442	+	19.698)	/	-6.316
	=	-3.51

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 (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.

Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd (XKLS:0041) 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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Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd Business Description

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Address

C-01-3, Block C Plaza Glomac, No 6, Jalan SS7/19, Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya, SGR, MYS, 47301

Website

https://www.hongseng.com.my

Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd is operating as an investment holding company. The company operates in five operating segments. The healthcare segment consists of a medical diagnostic and research laboratory and wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods; the Financial services include Moneylending; the Gloves segment consists of Manufacturing and trading of rubber gloves; The Search and advertising segment includes Developer and provider of online presence and advertising solutions and operator of search platforms; publishing business directory journals, and database marketing; The others segment includes, Investment holding, development and provision of software solutions companies, and the others. The majority of the revenue is derived from the healthcare segment.

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