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Car & General (K) (NAI:CGEN) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.65 (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is Car & General (K) Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Car & General (K)'s Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was KES5,882 Mil. Car & General (K)'s Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was KES2,108 Mil. Car & General (K)'s annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was KES1,719 Mil. Car & General (K)'s annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was 4.65.

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 Car & General (K)'s Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

NAI:CGEN's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 1.71
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Car & General (K) Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Car & General (K)'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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Car & General (K) Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Car & General (K) Annual Data
Trend Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.62 7.32 5.22 3.12 4.65

Car & General (K) Semi-Annual Data
Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22
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 4.62 7.32 5.22 3.12 4.65

Competitive Comparison of Car & General (K)'s Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Car & General (K)'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.


Car & General (K)'s Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Car & General (K)'s Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Car & General (K)'s Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Car & General (K) Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Car & General (K)'s Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(5881.777 + 2107.671) / 1718.759
=4.65

Car & General (K)'s annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(5881.777 + 2107.671) / 1718.759
=4.65

* 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 one times the quarterly (Sep. 2022) EBITDA data.


Car & General (K)  (NAI:CGEN) 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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Car & General (K) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
New Cargen House, Lusaka Road, P.O. Box 20001, Nairobi, KEN, 00200
Car & General (K) Ltd is a supplier of generators, motorbikes, tuk-tuks, laundry equipment, lawnmowers, scooters, marine engines, construction equipment and power generation, automotive and engineering products. The company's reportable segment includes Trade and workshop, Investment properties, Poultry and ICT Training, and Manufacturing. It generates a variety of its revenue from Trade and workshop Segments. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Kenya.

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