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Gulfa General Investments Co (DFM:GULFA-INVEST) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.16 (As of Sep. 2021)


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What is Gulfa General Investments Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Gulfa General Investments Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was د.إ3.76 Mil. Gulfa General Investments Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was د.إ0.00 Mil. Gulfa General Investments Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was د.إ22.90 Mil. Gulfa General Investments Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was 0.16.

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 Gulfa General Investments Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

DFM:GULFA-INVEST's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry.
Industry Median: 0.985
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Gulfa General Investments Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gulfa General Investments 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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Gulfa General Investments Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Gulfa General Investments Co Annual Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA
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Gulfa General Investments Co Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Gulfa General Investments Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, Gulfa General Investments 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.


Gulfa General Investments Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Gulfa General Investments Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gulfa General Investments Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Gulfa General Investments Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Gulfa General Investments Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.349 + 0) / 0.031
=108.03

Gulfa General Investments Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.76 + 0) / 22.904
=0.16

* 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. 2021) EBITDA data.


Gulfa General Investments Co  (DFM:GULFA-INVEST) 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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Gulfa General Investments Co (DFM:GULFA-INVEST) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Gulfa Street, P.O. Box 929, Ajman, ARE
Gulfa General Investments Co is engaged in investing in commercial and industrial projects, educations services, and other industries.

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