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Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs (BKK:LST-R) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.55 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ฿529 Mil. Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ฿63 Mil. Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ฿1,084 Mil. Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.55.

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 Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BKK:LST-R' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.59   Med: 0.96   Max: 2.82
Current: 0.6

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs was 2.82. The lowest was 0.59. And the median was 0.96.

BKK:LST-R's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
75.86% of 1425 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.14 vs BKK:LST-R: 0.60

Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs'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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Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs 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 0.59 0.80 0.72 1.11 0.60

Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs 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 0.84 0.68 0.94 0.81 0.55

Competitive Comparison of Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Farm Products subindustry, Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs'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.


Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs'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
=(528.943 + 62.645) / 994.293
=0.59

Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs'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
=(528.943 + 62.645) / 1083.636
=0.55

* 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.


Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs  (BKK:LST-R) 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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Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs (BKK:LST-R) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
64, Soi Bangna-Trad 25, Bangna Nuea, Bangkok, THA, 10260
Lam Soon (Thailand) PCL Shs along with its subsidiaries is principally engaged in the manufacture and distribution of palm oil. The group and its subsidiaries are organized into business units based on their products and services and have two reportable segments namely manufacturing and distribution of palm oil segment, which includes the generation of electricity from biogases, the by-products from palm oil manufacturing; and the manufacturing and distribution of processed fruits and vegetable segment. Geographically, operates through the region of Thailand and it holds a presence in the international market, however domestic sales account for the majority of revenue.

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