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NTES (NetEase) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.36 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is NetEase Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

NetEase's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $1,497 Mil. NetEase's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $60 Mil. NetEase's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $4,334 Mil. NetEase's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.36.

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 NetEase's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

NTES' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.3   Med: 0.86   Max: 1.27
Current: 0.36

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of NetEase was 1.27. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 0.86.

NTES's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
63.25% of 283 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.79 vs NTES: 0.36

NetEase Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for NetEase'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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NetEase Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

NetEase 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 1.06 1.13 1.10 1.27 0.67

NetEase Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.36 0.68 0.77 0.45 0.36

Competitive Comparison of NetEase's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, NetEase'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.


NetEase's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, NetEase's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where NetEase's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



NetEase Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

NetEase'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
=(2730.968 + 137.787) / 4308.619
=0.67

NetEase's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1497.222 + 60.486) / 4334.26
=0.36

* 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 (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


NetEase  (NAS:NTES) 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.


NetEase Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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NetEase Business Description

Address
No. 599 Wangshang Road, NetEase Building, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, CHN, 310052
NetEase, which started on an internet portal service in 1997, is a leading online services provider in China. Its key services include online/mobile games, cloud music, media, advertising, email, live streaming, online education, and e-commerce. The company develops and operates some of the China's most popular PC client and mobile games, and it partners with global leading game developers, such as Blizzard Entertainment and Mojang (a Microsoft subsidiary).