CITAF (Cosco Shipping Development Co) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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CITAF Cosco Shipping Development Co Ltd CITAF
38 GF Score
Price $0.11
GF Value $0.15
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
! 9 Warning Signs
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What is Cosco Shipping Development Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cosco Shipping Development Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $6,222 Mil. Cosco Shipping Development Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $8,700 Mil. Cosco Shipping Development Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $1,120 Mil. Cosco Shipping Development Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 13.32.

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 Cosco Shipping Development Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CITAF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.77   Med: 12.23   Max: 18.97
Current: 18.94

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cosco Shipping Development Co was 18.97. The lowest was 7.77. And the median was 12.23.

CITAF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
97.18% of 248 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 1.885 vs CITAF: 18.94

Cosco Shipping Development Co  (OTCPK:CITAF) 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.

Cosco Shipping Development Co Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Cosco Shipping Development Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Cosco Shipping Development 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.

Cosco Shipping Development Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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CITAF vs SPCX, GE, RTX: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Cosco Shipping Development 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.

Cosco Shipping Development Co Debt-to-EBITDA vs Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Cosco Shipping Development Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cosco Shipping Development Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


CITAF
38GF Score
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Cosco Shipping Development Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cosco Shipping Development Co'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
=(5866.8126419668 + 7519.2473519386) / 988.06044001228
=13.55

Cosco Shipping Development Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(6221.730202949 + 8700.300732931) / 1120.493100951
=13.32

* 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 (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Cosco Shipping Development Co (CITAF) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Cosco Shipping Development Co stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $0.11 is trading 23.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of $0.15. GuruFocus considers Cosco Shipping Development Co to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for CITAF:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $0.15 vs. price of $0.11 (23.6% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 38/100 with 9 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the CITAF stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Cosco Shipping Development Co Business Description

Address Lane 1318 Shangcheng Road, No. 1 Building, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, CHN, 200127
Cosco Shipping Development Co Ltd is a China-based company operating and managing container shipping. Its services include container transportation, vessel chartering, cargo canvassing and booking, customs clearance, depot services, container construction, sales, purchase, and vessel management. The operating business segments are the Shipping leasing and container leasing business segment, which derives maximum revenue, renders vessel chartering, container leasing, and finance lease services; the Container manufacturing segment, which manufactures and sells containers; the Investment management business segment, which focuses on equity or debt investment and insurance brokerage services. geographically , the company derives maximum revenue from Chinese Mainland.
38GF Score

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