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GNENF (Ganfeng Lithium Group Co) Debt-to-EBITDA : 21.27 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Ganfeng Lithium Group Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Ganfeng Lithium Group Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $2,071 Mil. Ganfeng Lithium Group Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $2,143 Mil. Ganfeng Lithium Group Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $198 Mil. Ganfeng Lithium Group Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 21.27.

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 Ganfeng Lithium Group Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

GNENF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -28.95   Med: 1.44   Max: 4.61
Current: -28.95

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Ganfeng Lithium Group Co was 4.61. The lowest was -28.95. And the median was 1.44.

GNENF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1192 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.37 vs GNENF: -28.95

Ganfeng Lithium Group Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ganfeng Lithium 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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Ganfeng Lithium Group Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Ganfeng Lithium 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 4.61 3.67 1.00 0.54 3.65

Ganfeng Lithium Group Co Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 18.03 -7.34 -25.26 -26.56 21.27

Competitive Comparison of Ganfeng Lithium Group Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Chemicals subindustry, Ganfeng Lithium 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.


Ganfeng Lithium Group Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Ganfeng Lithium Group Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ganfeng Lithium Group Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Ganfeng Lithium Group Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Ganfeng Lithium 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
=(1345.197 + 2188.857) / 968.526
=3.65

Ganfeng Lithium Group Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2070.832 + 2143.122) / 198.124
=21.27

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


Ganfeng Lithium Group Co  (OTCPK:GNENF) 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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Ganfeng Lithium Group Co Business Description

Address
248 Queen’s Road East, 40th Floor, Dah Sing Financial Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong, HKG
Founded in 2000, Ganfeng is the world's third largest and China's largest lithium compounds producer and the world's largest lithium metals producer in terms of production capacity. The company offers five major categories of more than 40 lithium compounds and metals products, which is one of the most comprehensive product offerings among the suppliers globally. Starting as a midstream manufacturer of lithium compounds and lithium metals, Ganfeng has successfully expanded into a vertically integrated business model with operations along the critical stages of the industry value chain, including upstream lithium extraction, midstream lithium compounds and metals processing, and downstream lithium battery production and recycling.

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