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Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co (KUW:KBT) Debt-to-EBITDA : 13.09 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD16.61 Mil. Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD14.59 Mil. Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD2.38 Mil. Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 13.09.

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 Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KUW:KBT' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -10.42   Med: 2.56   Max: 6.63
Current: 6.02

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co was 6.63. The lowest was -10.42. And the median was 2.56.

KUW:KBT's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
50.55% of 1264 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 5.9 vs KUW:KBT: 6.02

Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kuwait Business Town Real Estate 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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Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.49 -3.87 6.63 4.66 6.36

Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co 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 9.65 9.26 13.42 2.83 13.09

Competitive Comparison of Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Kuwait Business Town Real Estate 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.


Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Kuwait Business Town Real Estate 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
=(19.405 + 14.747) / 5.369
=6.36

Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co'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
=(16.605 + 14.59) / 2.384
=13.09

* 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.


Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co  (KUW:KBT) 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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Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co (KUW:KBT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Khalid Ebn Al Waleed Street, KBT Tower 5, 28th Floor, Kuwait, KWT
Kuwait Business Town Real Estate Co is a real estate company. It has three operating segments: Investing activities comprise participation in equity investments and managing the Group's liquidity requirements; and Real estate activities comprise investment, managing real estate, and construction or development of real estate for the sale in the ordinary course of business and other related real estate services. The consumer goods segment engages in operating bakeries, manufacturing, and trading food-related items.

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