Gulf Keystone Petroleum (CHIX:GKPL) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Dec. 2025)

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CHIX:GKPL Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd CHIX:GKPL
76 GF Score
Price £1.95
GF Value £1.75
Valuation Modestly Overvalued
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What is Gulf Keystone Petroleum Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Gulf Keystone Petroleum's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was £0.3 Mil. Gulf Keystone Petroleum's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was £0.7 Mil. Gulf Keystone Petroleum's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was £89.7 Mil. Gulf Keystone Petroleum's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was 0.01.

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 Gulf Keystone Petroleum's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CHIX:GKPl' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0.52   Max: 2.07
Current: 0.01

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Gulf Keystone Petroleum was 2.07. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.52.

CHIX:GKPl's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
99.86% of 717 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.83 vs CHIX:GKPl: 0.01

Gulf Keystone Petroleum  (CHIX:GKPl) 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.


Gulf Keystone Petroleum Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Gulf Keystone Petroleum Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Gulf Keystone Petroleum'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.

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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CHIX:GKPL vs COP, EOG, OXY: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Gulf Keystone Petroleum'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.


Gulf Keystone Petroleum Debt-to-EBITDA vs Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Gulf Keystone Petroleum's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gulf Keystone Petroleum's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


CHIX:GKPL
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Gulf Keystone Petroleum Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Gulf Keystone Petroleum's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.31522991710345 + 0.68993717705661) / 72.842939089325
=0.01

Gulf Keystone Petroleum's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.31522991710345 + 0.68993717705661) / 89.67290272116
=0.01

* 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. 2025) EBITDA data.

Is Gulf Keystone Petroleum (CHIX:GKPL) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Gulf Keystone Petroleum stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of £1.95 is trading 11.5% above its estimated GF Value™ of £1.75. GuruFocus considers Gulf Keystone Petroleum to be Modestly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for CHIX:GKPL:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: £1.75 vs. price of £1.95 (11.5% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 76/100 with 7 warning signs

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Gulf Keystone Petroleum Business Description

Industry EnergyOil & Gas
Address c/o Carey Olsen Services Bermuda Limited, 11 Bermudiana Road, 5th Floor, Rosebank Centre, Pembroke, Hamilton, BMU, HM08
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd is a holding company that is engaged in the oil and gas exploration, development, and production business. The company mainly operates in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which consists of the Shaikan and the Erbil office, which provide support to the operations in Kurdistan. The firm has a Production Sharing Contract with the Kurdistan Regional Government. The company generates revenue from oil sales.
76GF Score

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