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Sing Pao Media Enterprises (HKSE:08010) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.00 (As of Dec. 2014)


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What is Sing Pao Media Enterprises Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sing Pao Media Enterprises's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was HK$0.00 Mil. Sing Pao Media Enterprises's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was HK$0.00 Mil. Sing Pao Media Enterprises's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was HK$-27.89 Mil. Sing Pao Media Enterprises's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was 0.00.

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 Sing Pao Media Enterprises's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:08010's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 1.69
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Sing Pao Media Enterprises Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sing Pao Media Enterprises'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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Sing Pao Media Enterprises Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sing Pao Media Enterprises Annual Data
Trend Mar05 Mar06 Mar07 Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -8.37 -11.25 -28.91 31.36 -37.57

Sing Pao Media Enterprises Quarterly Data
Mar08 Mar09 Sep09 Mar10 Sep10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Dec14
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 54.22 - -4.82 - -

Competitive Comparison of Sing Pao Media Enterprises's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Publishing subindustry, Sing Pao Media Enterprises'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.


Sing Pao Media Enterprises's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Sing Pao Media Enterprises's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sing Pao Media Enterprises's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Sing Pao Media Enterprises Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sing Pao Media Enterprises's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2014 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(440.35 + 94.656) / -14.242
=-37.57

Sing Pao Media Enterprises's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 0) / -27.892
=0.00

* 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 four times the quarterly (Dec. 2014) EBITDA data.


Sing Pao Media Enterprises  (HKSE:08010) 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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Sing Pao Media Enterprises (HKSE:08010) Business Description

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SMI Publishing Group Ltd., along with its subsidiaries, is active in the field of publishing and engaged in the publication of newspapers, magazines and books. The principal activities of the Company are publication of newspapers and books; and provisions of advertising and promotion services.

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