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China Railway Group (FRA:CNO) Debt-to-EBITDA : 9.03 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is China Railway Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

China Railway Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €18,019 Mil. China Railway Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €40,891 Mil. China Railway Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €6,521 Mil. China Railway Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 9.03.

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

FRA:CNO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.67   Med: 5.96   Max: 11.45
Current: 11.45

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of China Railway Group was 11.45. The lowest was 4.67. And the median was 5.96.

FRA:CNO's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
89.17% of 1311 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.3 vs FRA:CNO: 11.45

China Railway Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

China Railway Group 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 4.67 6.23 6.88 8.21 7.87

China Railway Group Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 7.79 15.70 5.31 -451.88 9.03

Competitive Comparison of China Railway Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, China Railway Group'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.


China Railway Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

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



China Railway Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

China Railway Group'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
=(13949.758 + 40158.112) / 6878.315
=7.87

China Railway Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(18019.024 + 40891.314) / 6521.12
=9.03

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


China Railway Group  (FRA:CNO) 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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China Railway Group (FRA:CNO) Business Description

Address
49 Hoi Yuen Road, Unit 1201-1203, 12th Floor, APEC Plaza, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
China Railway Group Ltd is a construction conglomerate company. The company's operating segment includes Infrastructure construction; Survey, design and consulting services; Engineering equipment and component manufacturing; Property development, and Other businesses. It generates maximum revenue from the Infrastructure construction segment. The Infrastructure construction segment includes the construction of railways, highways, bridges, tunnels, metropolitan railways (including subways and light railways), buildings, irrigation works, hydroelectricity projects, ports, docks, airports, and other municipal works.