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China Xinhua Education Group (HKSE:02779) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.99 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is China Xinhua Education Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

China Xinhua Education Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$54.7 Mil. China Xinhua Education Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$542.8 Mil. China Xinhua Education Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$300.2 Mil. China Xinhua Education Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.99.

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 China Xinhua Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:02779' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 1.04   Max: 1.67
Current: 1.67

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of China Xinhua Education Group was 1.67. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 1.04.

HKSE:02779's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
50.28% of 181 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.67 vs HKSE:02779: 1.67

China Xinhua Education Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Xinhua Education Group'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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China Xinhua Education Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

China Xinhua Education Group 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 0.99 0.79 1.04 1.53 1.39

China Xinhua Education Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Dec15 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 1.44 1.46 3.35 1.32 1.99

Competitive Comparison of China Xinhua Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, China Xinhua Education Group'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.


China Xinhua Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, China Xinhua Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Xinhua Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



China Xinhua Education Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

China Xinhua Education Group'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
=(54.711 + 542.767) / 429.981
=1.39

China Xinhua Education Group'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
=(54.711 + 542.767) / 300.242
=1.99

* 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.


China Xinhua Education Group  (HKSE:02779) 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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China Xinhua Education Group (HKSE:02779) Business Description

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Address
No. 555 West Wangjiangxi Road, High-Tech Development Zone, Anhui Province, Hefei, CHN, 230088
China Xinhua Education Group Ltd is principally engaged in the provision of education services in China. It mainly provides private formal higher education and formal secondary vocational education in the Yangtze River Delta. It currently operates four private schools, namely Anhui Xinhua University, School of Clinical Medicine jointly operated by the Group and Anhui Medical University, Hongshan College, a college jointly operated by the Group and Nanjing University of Finance & Economics Hongshan College, and Anhui Xinhua School. The company generates revenues from tuition fees, and boarding fees out of which tuition fees contribute the majority part.

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