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Hindustan Media Ventures (NSE:HMVL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.57 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Hindustan Media Ventures Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Hindustan Media Ventures's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹565 Mil. Hindustan Media Ventures's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹283 Mil. Hindustan Media Ventures's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹330 Mil. Hindustan Media Ventures's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.57.

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 Hindustan Media Ventures's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

NSE:HMVL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.5   Med: 0.52   Max: 2.63
Current: 2.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Hindustan Media Ventures was 2.63. The lowest was -16.50. And the median was 0.52.

NSE:HMVL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
61.18% of 680 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.665 vs NSE:HMVL: 2.63

Hindustan Media Ventures Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hindustan Media Ventures'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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Hindustan Media Ventures Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Hindustan Media Ventures Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.66 0.71 1.40 -16.50 2.63

Hindustan Media Ventures 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 1.26 - -9.10 - 2.57

Competitive Comparison of Hindustan Media Ventures's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Publishing subindustry, Hindustan Media Ventures'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.


Hindustan Media Ventures's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Hindustan Media Ventures's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hindustan Media Ventures's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Hindustan Media Ventures Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Hindustan Media Ventures's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(565.4 + 283) / 322.6
=2.63

Hindustan Media Ventures'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
=(565.4 + 283) / 330.4
=2.57

* 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.


Hindustan Media Ventures  (NSE:HMVL) 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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Hindustan Media Ventures (NSE:HMVL) Business Description

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18-20, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Hindustan Times House, 2nd Floor, New Delhi, IND, 110 001
Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd is an Indian newspaper publishing company. It is engaged in the business of printing and publication of newspapers and periodicals. It publishes global, national and local news, covering politics, business, entertainment, sports and other topics of general interest. The company publishes Hindustan, a Hindi Daily, and Hindi magazines Nandan, Kadambini, and Hum Tum, among others. The group sells its products mostly within India.

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