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Cathay Pacific Airways (Cathay Pacific Airways) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.21 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cathay Pacific Airways Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cathay Pacific Airways's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,347 Mil. Cathay Pacific Airways's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7,397 Mil. Cathay Pacific Airways's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,078 Mil. Cathay Pacific Airways's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.21.

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 Cathay Pacific Airways's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CPCAY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -17.91   Med: 4.88   Max: 9.75
Current: 4.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cathay Pacific Airways was 9.75. The lowest was -17.91. And the median was 4.88.

CPCAY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
69.3% of 847 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.85 vs CPCAY: 4.61

Cathay Pacific Airways Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cathay Pacific Airways'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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Cathay Pacific Airways Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Cathay Pacific Airways Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.95 -17.91 9.75 8.47 2.52

Cathay Pacific Airways Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 13.09 -10.16 38.25 5.12 4.21

Competitive Comparison of Cathay Pacific Airways's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Airlines subindustry, Cathay Pacific Airways'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.


Cathay Pacific Airways's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Cathay Pacific Airways's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cathay Pacific Airways's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Cathay Pacific Airways Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cathay Pacific Airways'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
=(1347.41 + 7397.244) / 3475.505
=2.52

Cathay Pacific Airways'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
=(1347.41 + 7397.244) / 2078.158
=4.21

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Cathay Pacific Airways  (OTCPK:CPCAY) 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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Cathay Pacific Airways (Cathay Pacific Airways) Business Description

Address
88 Queensway, 33rd Floor, One Pacific Place, Hong Kong, HKG
Cathay Pacific Airways is the largest airline group in Hong Kong. It operated a fleet of 222 aircraft as of December 2022 and carried more than 35 million passengers in 2019. Its route network extends to 119 destinations in 35 countries. The group operates the full-service airline Cathay Pacific and the low-cost carrier HK Express. It also runs the cargo carrier Air Hong Kong.

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