GURE (Gulf Resources) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Mar. 2026)

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GURE Gulf Resources Inc GURE
49 GF Score
Price $3.29
GF Value $8.15
Valuation Possible Value Trap
! 3 Warning Signs
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What is Gulf Resources Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Gulf Resources's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $5.91 Mil. Gulf Resources's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $11.89 Mil. Gulf Resources's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $2.05 Mil. Gulf Resources's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was 8.68.

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 Gulf Resources's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

GURE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.19   Med: 0   Max: 1.61
Current: -0.71

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Gulf Resources was 1.61. The lowest was -1.19. And the median was 0.00.

GURE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1270 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.98 vs GURE: -0.71

Gulf Resources  (NAS:GURE) 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.

Gulf Resources Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Gulf Resources Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Gulf Resources'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.

Gulf Resources Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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GURE vs GLGI, YMAT, SNES: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Chemicals subindustry, Gulf Resources'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.

Gulf Resources Debt-to-EBITDA vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Gulf Resources's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gulf Resources's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Gulf Resources Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Gulf Resources'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
=(3.598165 + 14.011338) / -26.482300000019
=-0.66

Gulf Resources's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(5.906556 + 11.894811) / 2.0506120000022
=8.68

* 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. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Gulf Resources (GURE) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Gulf Resources stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $3.29 is trading 59.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of $8.15. GuruFocus considers Gulf Resources to be Possible Value Trap.

Key valuation signals for GURE:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $8.15 vs. price of $3.29 (59.6% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 49/100 with 3 warning signs

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

Gulf Resources Business Description

Address Level 11, Vegetable Building, Industrial Park of the East Shouguang City, Shandong, Shouguang, CHN, 262700
Gulf Resources Inc is a holding company engaged in the manufacture and trade of bromine and crude salt, and natural gas; manufactures and sells chemical products used in oil and gas field exploration, oil and gas distribution, oil field drilling, wastewater processing, papermaking chemical agents and inorganic chemicals, and manufactures and sells materials for human and animal antibiotics. It operates in four segments: Bromine, Crude Salt, Chemical Products and Natural Gas. It derives maximum revenue from the Bromine segment which is commonly used in brominated flame retardants, fumigants, water purification compounds, dyes, medicines and disinfectants.
49GF Score

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$3.29
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$8.15
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