Southern Publishing and Media Co (SHSE:601900) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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SHSE:601900 Southern Publishing and Media Co Ltd SHSE:601900
91 GF Score
Price ¥12.15
GF Value ¥13.33
Valuation Fairly Valued
! 5 Warning Signs
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What is Southern Publishing and Media Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Southern Publishing and Media Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was ¥243 Mil. Southern Publishing and Media Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was ¥1,251 Mil. Southern Publishing and Media Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was ¥1,382 Mil. Southern Publishing and Media Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 1.08.

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 Southern Publishing and Media Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SHSE:601900' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0.55   Max: 1.28
Current: 0.99

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Southern Publishing and Media Co was 1.28. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.55.

SHSE:601900's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
62.92% of 685 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.61 vs SHSE:601900: 0.99

Southern Publishing and Media Co  (SHSE:601900) 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.


Southern Publishing and Media Co Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Southern Publishing and Media Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Southern Publishing and Media 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.

Southern Publishing and Media Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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SHSE:601900 vs NYT, WLY: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Publishing subindustry, Southern Publishing and Media 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.


Southern Publishing and Media Co Debt-to-EBITDA vs Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Southern Publishing and Media Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Southern Publishing and Media Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


SHSE:601900
91GF Score
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Southern Publishing and Media Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Southern Publishing and Media Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(180.33740448 + 1221.8489372) / 1553.76104372
=0.90

Southern Publishing and Media Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(242.58172181 + 1251.01360823) / 1381.5010086
=1.08

* 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 (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Southern Publishing and Media Co (SHSE:601900) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Southern Publishing and Media Co stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of ¥12.15 is trading 8.9% below its estimated GF Value™ of ¥13.33. GuruFocus considers Southern Publishing and Media Co to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for SHSE:601900:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: ¥13.33 vs. price of ¥12.15 (8.9% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 91/100 with 5 warning signs

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Southern Publishing and Media Co Business Description

Address Huanshi East Road, 11th Floor, No. 472, Yuexiu District, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, CHN, 510075
Southern Publishing and Media Co Ltd is a publishing company. The company operates as editors, publisher, distributor, wholesaler and retailer books, newspapers, audio-visual products, electronic publications, online books, framework media and other media products, newspapers and periodicals, packaging and decoration printing, printing materials sales, publications import and export.
91GF Score

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