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Chengdu Expressway Co (HKSE:01785) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.80 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Chengdu Expressway Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Chengdu Expressway Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$248 Mil. Chengdu Expressway Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$2,756 Mil. Chengdu Expressway Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$790 Mil. Chengdu Expressway Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.80.

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 Chengdu Expressway Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:01785' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.1   Med: 2.81   Max: 6.42
Current: 4.18

During the past 9 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Chengdu Expressway Co was 6.42. The lowest was 2.10. And the median was 2.81.

HKSE:01785's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
68.27% of 1308 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.32 vs HKSE:01785: 4.18

Chengdu Expressway Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chengdu Expressway Co'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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Chengdu Expressway Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Chengdu Expressway Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 3.43 3.73 2.37 2.64 2.10

Chengdu Expressway Co Quarterly Data
Dec15 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 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 5.16 N/A 2.35 3.80 -

Competitive Comparison of Chengdu Expressway Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Infrastructure Operations subindustry, Chengdu Expressway Co'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.


Chengdu Expressway Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Chengdu Expressway Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chengdu Expressway Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Chengdu Expressway Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Chengdu Expressway Co'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
=(248.209 + 2756.35) / 1429.57
=2.10

Chengdu Expressway Co'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
=(248.209 + 2756.35) / 790.44
=3.80

* 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.


Chengdu Expressway Co  (HKSE:01785) 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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Chengdu Expressway Co (HKSE:01785) Business Description

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Address
No. 66 Shenghe 1st Road, 9th Floor, Chengnan Tianfu Building, High-Tech Zone, Sichuan, Chengdu, CHN
Chengdu Expressway Co Ltd is principally engaged in the operation, management and development of expressways located in and around Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Meanwhile, the Group also carries out retail of refined oil and operation of CNG. It operates in two reportable segments the Expressway segment segment comprises the construction, operation and maintenance of toll expressways located in Sichuan province; and the Energy Investment segment comprises the operation of petrol stations and a gas station and sales of refined oil and compressed natural gas. It derives majority of the revenue from Expressway segment.

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