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AIRYY (Air China) Debt-to-EBITDA : 9.75 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Air China Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Air China's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $14,235 Mil. Air China's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $18,565 Mil. Air China's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $3,364 Mil. Air China's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 9.75.

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 Air China's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

AIRYY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -11.79   Med: 4.6   Max: 46.95
Current: 46.95

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Air China was 46.95. The lowest was -11.79. And the median was 4.60.

AIRYY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
98.35% of 851 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.63 vs AIRYY: 46.95

Air China Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Air China'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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Air China Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Air China 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 3.93 22.65 39.70 -11.79 6.65

Air China Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 7.53 -54.92 -222.56 265.65 9.75

Competitive Comparison of Air China's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Airlines subindustry, Air China'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.


Air China's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

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



Air China Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Air China'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
=(8625.426 + 21572.029) / 4538.223
=6.65

Air China's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(14235.297 + 18564.58) / 3363.596
=9.75

* 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 (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


Air China  (OTCPK:AIRYY) 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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Air China Business Description

Address
12 Tung Fai Road, 5th Floor, CNAC House, Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, HKG
Air China is based in Beijing. It is one of the largest state-owned airlines and the flag carrier in China. The group operated a fleet of 905 aircraft as of 2023 and carried more than 115 million passengers in prepandemic 2019. It runs a spoke-and-hub model under which it gathers and distributes passengers from air hubs such as Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai.