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Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (LSE:HHPG) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.26 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $20,951 Mil. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $9,226 Mil. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $13,366 Mil. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.26.

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 Hon Hai Precision Industry Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:HHPG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.86   Med: 2.45   Max: 3.26
Current: 2.76

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co was 3.26. The lowest was 0.86. And the median was 2.45.

LSE:HHPG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
63.04% of 1726 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.815 vs LSE:HHPG: 2.76

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hon Hai Precision Industry Co'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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Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co 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 2.21 2.98 3.13 3.26 2.76

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 2.81 4.14 2.74 2.60 2.26

Competitive Comparison of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co'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.


Hon Hai Precision Industry Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hon Hai Precision Industry Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co'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
=(20950.536 + 9226.322) / 10949.018
=2.76

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co'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
=(20950.536 + 9226.322) / 13365.78
=2.26

* 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. 2023) EBITDA data.


Hon Hai Precision Industry Co  (LSE:HHPG) 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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Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (LSE:HHPG) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No.2, Zihyou Street, Tucheng District, New Taipei, TWN, 236
Hon Hai Precision is the world's largest contract manufacturer of consumer electronics, communications, and computer products. It is the biggest supplier to Apple, whose business accounted for 55% of overall revenue in 2022. Hon Hai is also involved in the production of upstream components such as electronic connectors, semiconductor packaging, and metal casings for smartphones. These upstream activities are mainly conducted through its listed majority-owned subsidiaries Foxconn Industrial Internet and FIH Mobile. In response to its traditional end markets of computers, smartphones, and telecom equipment maturing in 2019 it started on a strategy to develop expertise in three new growth areas—electric vehicles, digital health, and robotics.

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