Lam Soon (Hong Kong) (HKSE:00411) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.03 (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Lam Soon (Hong Kong)'s Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was HK$4 Mil. Lam Soon (Hong Kong)'s Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was HK$10 Mil. Lam Soon (Hong Kong)'s annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was HK$468 Mil. Lam Soon (Hong Kong)'s annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.03.

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 Lam Soon (Hong Kong)'s Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:00411' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0.01 Max: 1.43
Current: 0.04

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Lam Soon (Hong Kong) was 1.43. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.01.

HKSE:00411's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
95.49% of 1508 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.02 vs HKSE:00411: 0.04

Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lam Soon (Hong Kong)'s Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Annual Data

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Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Semi-Annual Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.06	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.03

Competitive Comparison of Lam Soon (Hong Kong)'s Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Lam Soon (Hong Kong)'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.

Lam Soon (Hong Kong)'s Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lam Soon (Hong Kong)'s Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Lam Soon (Hong Kong)'s Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(2.615	+	1.333)	/	317.212
	=	0.01

Lam Soon (Hong Kong)'s annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(3.857	+	10.275)	/	467.948
	=	0.03

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. 2024) EBITDA data.

Lam Soon (Hong Kong) (HKSE:00411) 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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Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Business Description

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Address

21 Dai Fu Street, Lam Soon Building, Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, HKG

Website

https://www.lamsoon.com

Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Ltd is an investment holding company. It is engaged in the manufacturing of food and detergent products. The company's business segments, which are based on its activities are Food and Home Care. The food segment includes the manufacturing and distribution of food products including flour, edible oils, and vegetable fats. The Home Care segment includes the manufacturing and distribution of household cleaning products including liquid dishwashing detergent, laundry powder, liquid laundry detergent, fabric softener, floor cleaner, and industrial marble cleanser. It generates the majority of the revenue from the Food segment activities. It has operations in Hong Kong, and international countries, of which the majority of the revenue is derived from Mainland China.

Executives

Davos Investment Holdings Private Limited
Guoline Capital Assets Limited
Hong Leong Investment Holdings Pte. Ltd.
Kwek Leng Kee
Quek Leng Chan
Whang Sun Tze	2101 Beneficial owner

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