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GLG Life Tech (GLG Life Tech) Debt-to-EBITDA : -27.11 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is GLG Life Tech Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

GLG Life Tech's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $84.48 Mil. GLG Life Tech's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.42 Mil. GLG Life Tech's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $-3.13 Mil. GLG Life Tech's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -27.11.

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 GLG Life Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

GLGLF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -106.89   Med: -8.93   Max: 471.92
Current: 40.12

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of GLG Life Tech was 471.92. The lowest was -106.89. And the median was -8.93.

GLGLF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
98.18% of 1430 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.125 vs GLGLF: 40.12

GLG Life Tech Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for GLG Life Tech'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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GLG Life Tech Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

GLG Life Tech Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -9.84 -23.39 1.97 -106.93 473.16

GLG Life Tech Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 -13.48 30.67 -34.34 7.20 -27.11

Competitive Comparison of GLG Life Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Farm Products subindustry, GLG Life Tech'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.


GLG Life Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, GLG Life Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where GLG Life Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



GLG Life Tech Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

GLG Life Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(81.837 + 0.492) / 0.174
=473.16

GLG Life Tech's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(84.476 + 0.42) / -3.132
=-27.11

* 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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


GLG Life Tech  (OTCPK:GLGLF) 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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GLG Life Tech (GLG Life Tech) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10271 Shellbridge Way, Suite 100, Richmond, BC, CAN, V6X 2W8
GLG Life Tech Corp is engaged in the manufacturing and sales of refined forms of stevia and monk fruit. It operates through a single segment of Natural Sweeteners Products. Some of its brands are RebPure, TasteBoost, BevSweet, BakeZeroCal, and GoZero. The company's geographical segments are China and North America, of which the majority of its revenue comes from the North America.