Swang Chai Chuan (HKSE:02321) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.05 (As of Jun. 2024)

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What is Swang Chai Chuan Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Swang Chai Chuan's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was HK$28 Mil. Swang Chai Chuan's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was HK$40 Mil. Swang Chai Chuan's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was HK$65 Mil. Swang Chai Chuan's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 1.05.

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 Swang Chai Chuan's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:02321' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.16 Med: 1.31 Max: 1.81
Current: 1.45

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Swang Chai Chuan was 1.81. The lowest was 1.16. And the median was 1.31.

HKSE:02321's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
67.18% of 262 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.37 vs HKSE:02321: 1.45

Swang Chai Chuan Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Swang Chai Chuan's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Swang Chai Chuan Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Swang Chai Chuan Annual Data

Trend

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Dec24

Debt-to-EBITDA

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1.31

1.16

1.63

1.22

1.42

Swang Chai Chuan Semi-Annual Data
	Dec19	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23	Jun24	Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial					1.86	1.17	1.56	1.05	1.46

Competitive Comparison of Swang Chai Chuan's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Swang Chai Chuan'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.

Swang Chai Chuan's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Swang Chai Chuan's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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Swang Chai Chuan Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Swang Chai Chuan'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
	=	(48.487	+	43.581)	/	75.615
	=	1.22

Swang Chai Chuan'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
	=	(28.303	+	39.689)	/	64.672
	=	1.05

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.

Swang Chai Chuan (HKSE:02321) 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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Swang Chai Chuan Business Description

Industry

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Address

Kawasan Perindustrian Semambu, Lot 147-A, Kuantan, PHG, MYS, 25350

Website

https://www.sccgroup.com.my

Swang Chai Chuan Ltd is a distributor of Food and Beverages and other products for recognized international and domestic third-party brands and own brands in Malaysia. The company has one reportable segment which is the whole the business of distribution and sales of F&B and provision of logistics services, and warehousing services. It manages its business as a whole as the businesses of distribution and sales of F&B and provision of logistics, warehousing services, and others are carried out in Malaysia.

Executives

Tee Kian Heng	2101 Beneficial owner
Lim Tau Hong	2202 Interest of your spouse
Ng Kar Wei	2202 Interest of your spouse
Ng Mee Lam	2202 Interest of your spouse
Soon Chiew Ang	2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Soon Holdings Limited	2101 Beneficial owner
Soon Lee Shiang	2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Soon See Beng	2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Soon See Long	2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Yang Lixia	2202 Interest of your spouse

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