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Wai Kee Holdings (HKSE:00610) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.86 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Wai Kee Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Wai Kee Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$441 Mil. Wai Kee Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$1,145 Mil. Wai Kee Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-1,840 Mil. Wai Kee Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.86.

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 Wai Kee Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:00610' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.63   Med: 0.87   Max: 2.94
Current: -1.42

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Wai Kee Holdings was 2.94. The lowest was -1.63. And the median was 0.87.

HKSE:00610's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1309 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.32 vs HKSE:00610: -1.42

Wai Kee Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wai Kee Holdings'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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Wai Kee Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Wai Kee Holdings 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 0.73 0.83 2.05 2.94 -1.63

Wai Kee Holdings 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 2.03 4.06 6.04 -4.45 -0.86

Competitive Comparison of Wai Kee Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Wai Kee Holdings'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.


Wai Kee Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Wai Kee Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wai Kee Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Wai Kee Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Wai Kee Holdings'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
=(440.844 + 1144.571) / -972.01
=-1.63

Wai Kee Holdings'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
=(440.844 + 1144.571) / -1840.196
=-0.86

* 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.


Wai Kee Holdings  (HKSE:00610) 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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Wai Kee Holdings (HKSE:00610) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
98 Granville Road, Unit 1103, 11th Floor, East Ocean Centre, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, HKG
Wai Kee Holdings Ltd is engaged in construction and material businesses. It operates through four business segments. The Construction, sewage treatment and steam fuel segment, which is the key revenue generating segment, is engaged in the construction of civil engineering and building projects and operation of sewage treatment plant and steam fuel plant. Construction Materials segment is engaged in the production and sales of concrete and asphalt. Quarrying segment is engaged in the production and sales of quarry products. Property development and investment, toll road, investment and asset management segment is engaged in the strategic investment in Road King, an associate of the Group. Its prime geographical areas of operation includes Hong Kong and China.
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