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Highway Holdings (Highway Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.03 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Highway Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Highway Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.59 Mil. Highway Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.01 Mil. Highway Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.79 Mil. Highway Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.03.

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 Highway Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HIHO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.12   Med: 2.26   Max: 5.11
Current: -1.12

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Highway Holdings was 5.11. The lowest was -1.12. And the median was 2.26.

HIHO's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 2301 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.74 vs HIHO: -1.12

Highway Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Highway Holdings'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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Highway Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Highway Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 1.43 5.11 0.72 3.10

Highway Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 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 0.38 23.95 -0.42 -1.15 2.03

Competitive Comparison of Highway Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Highway Holdings'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.


Highway Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Highway Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Highway Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Highway Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Highway Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.573 + 1.482) / 0.664
=3.09

Highway Holdings'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
=(0.586 + 1.013) / 0.788
=2.03

* 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.


Highway Holdings  (NAS:HIHO) 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.


Highway Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Highway Holdings (Highway Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Level 18, Landmark North 39 Lung Sum Avenue, Suite No.1801, Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong, HKG
Highway Holdings Ltd is a holding company. The company is a manufacturer of metal, plastic, electric and electronic components for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and contract manufacturers. Its operating segment includes Metal stamping and mechanical OEM and Electric OEM. The metal stamping segment focuses on the manufacturing and sale of metal parts and components. The company generates maximum revenue from the Metal stamping and mechanical OEM segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Europe and also has a presence in Hong Kong and China, North America, and Other Asian countries.
Executives
Zeff Capital, Lp 10 percent owner 400 S. MCCADDEN PL., LOS ANGELES CA 90020

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