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Zhejiang Expressway Co (LSE:ZHEH) Debt-to-EBITDA : 8.21 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Zhejiang Expressway Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Zhejiang Expressway Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £4,282.5 Mil. Zhejiang Expressway Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £4,841.9 Mil. Zhejiang Expressway Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £1,112.0 Mil. Zhejiang Expressway Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.21.

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

LSE:ZHEH' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.33   Med: 5.34   Max: 16.38
Current: 16.38

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Zhejiang Expressway Co was 16.38. The lowest was 2.33. And the median was 5.34.

LSE:ZHEH's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
94.03% of 1307 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.31 vs LSE:ZHEH: 16.38

Zhejiang Expressway Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Zhejiang Expressway Co 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 5.83 6.06 6.39 6.10 6.04

Zhejiang Expressway Co Quarterly Data
Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Jun23 Sep23 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 - 6.06 N/A - 8.21

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

For the Infrastructure Operations subindustry, Zhejiang 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.


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

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

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



Zhejiang Expressway Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Zhejiang 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
=(4282.479 + 4841.911) / 1511.437
=6.04

Zhejiang 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
=(4282.479 + 4841.911) / 1111.952
=8.21

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


Zhejiang Expressway Co  (LSE:ZHEH) 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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Zhejiang Expressway Co (LSE:ZHEH) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
199 Wuxing Road, 5th Floor, No. 2, Mingzhu International Business Center, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, CHN, 310020
Zhejiang Expressway Co Ltd is a Chinese infrastructure company which, through its subsidiaries, develops, maintains, and operates high-grade roads. The company organizes itself into three segments: toll road business, securities business, and other business. The company derives the majority of revenue and earnings from the toll road business. The securities business, the next most significant segment, provides brokerage services, including advisory, margin lending, and asset management. The company earns the entirety of revenue domestically.

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