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Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co (FRA:CKW) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.28 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €27.7 Mil. Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €19.8 Mil. Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €20.9 Mil. Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.28.

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 Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:CKW' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.6   Med: 0.96   Max: 2.28
Current: 2.28

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co was 2.28. The lowest was 0.60. And the median was 0.96.

FRA:CKW's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
58.64% of 839 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.83 vs FRA:CKW: 2.28

Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) 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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Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) 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 0.60 1.16 2.03 1.40 1.20

Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 5.66 2.87 3.56 2.65 2.28

Competitive Comparison of Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) 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.


Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) 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
=(27.694 + 19.798) / 39.7
=1.20

Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) 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
=(27.694 + 19.798) / 20.874
=2.28

* 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. 2023) EBITDA data.


Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co  (FRA:CKW) 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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Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co (FRA:CKW) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
143 Connaught Road, 24th Floor, Chu Kong Shipping Tower, Central, Hong Kong, HKG
Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co Ltd is an investment holding company, focusing mainly on terminal navigation logistics, high-speed waterway passenger transportation, and fuel supply business. The operating segments of the group are Cargo transportation; Cargo handling and storage; Passenger transportation; Fuel supply; and Corporate and other businesses. It derives key revenue from the Cargo transportation segment which consists of shipping agency, river trade cargo direct shipment and transhipment and container handling and trucking. The group's revenue is derived from operations carried out in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

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