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REF Holdings (HKSE:01631) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.28 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is REF Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

REF Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was HK$17.1 Mil. REF Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was HK$28.0 Mil. REF Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was HK$35.3 Mil. REF Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 1.28.

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

HKSE:01631' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.23   Med: 0.43   Max: 1.42
Current: 1.42

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of REF Holdings was 1.42. The lowest was 0.23. And the median was 0.43.

HKSE:01631's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
56.59% of 820 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.825 vs HKSE:01631: 1.42

REF Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for REF 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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REF Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

REF 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 0.43 0.24 1.22 0.67 0.23

REF Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
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 0.75 0.92 0.35 0.31 1.28

Competitive Comparison of REF Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, REF 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.


REF Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, REF Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



REF Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

REF 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
=(7.652 + 0.893) / 38.006
=0.22

REF Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(17.107 + 27.964) / 35.314
=1.28

* 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 (Jun. 2024) EBITDA data.


REF Holdings  (HKSE:01631) 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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REF Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central, Units 5906–5912, 59th Floor, Hong Kong, HKG
REF Holdings Ltd provides financial printing which comprises cover printing of listing documents, financial reports, compliance documents, and other documents. The convenient financial printing services including typesetting, proofreading, translation, design, printing, web submitting, media placement and distribution. The services of the Group can be categorised into printing, translation and media placement. The majority of its revenue is earned through the Hong Kong market. It operates in one segment namely the provision of financial printing services.

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