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Global Heavy Chemicals (DHA:GHCL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.97 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Global Heavy Chemicals Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Global Heavy Chemicals's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was BDT933.6 Mil. Global Heavy Chemicals's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was BDT1.4 Mil. Global Heavy Chemicals's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was BDT156.5 Mil. Global Heavy Chemicals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.97.

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 Global Heavy Chemicals's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

DHA:GHCL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.41   Med: 0.28   Max: 14.43
Current: -2.49

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Global Heavy Chemicals was 14.43. The lowest was -5.41. And the median was 0.28.

DHA:GHCL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1214 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.32 vs DHA:GHCL: -2.49

Global Heavy Chemicals Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Global Heavy Chemicals'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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Global Heavy Chemicals Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Global Heavy Chemicals Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.82 2.31 3.19 14.43 -5.41

Global Heavy Chemicals Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 82.04 -1.16 -2.80 -3.06 5.97

Competitive Comparison of Global Heavy Chemicals's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Chemicals subindustry, Global Heavy Chemicals'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.


Global Heavy Chemicals's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Global Heavy Chemicals's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Global Heavy Chemicals's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Global Heavy Chemicals Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Global Heavy Chemicals's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1069.147 + 41.347) / -205.413
=-5.41

Global Heavy Chemicals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(933.617 + 1.383) / 156.508
=5.97

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Global Heavy Chemicals  (DHA:GHCL) 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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Global Heavy Chemicals (DHA:GHCL) Business Description

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Address
37, Segun Bagicha, Dhaka, BGD, 1000
Global Heavy Chemicals Ltd is Bangladesh-Based a chemical manufacturing company. The principal business activity of the company is to manufacture and distribute Sodium hydroxide, Chlorine and other chemical products. Its product portfolio includes certain brands for retail purposes such as Clotech Liquid Bleach, Tuffclean Tiles Cleaner and others.

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