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SINA (SINA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.95 (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is SINA Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

SINA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $102 Mil. SINA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $1,773 Mil. SINA's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $315 Mil. SINA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 5.95.

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

SINA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04   Med: 2.43   Max: 42.37
Current: 7.03

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of SINA was 42.37. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 2.43.

SINA's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: 0.82 vs SINA: 7.03

SINA Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

SINA Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.23 0.60 2.43 1.56 5.75

SINA Quarterly Data
Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20
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 2.33 3.55 26.60 15.80 5.95

Competitive Comparison of SINA's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, SINA'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.


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

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

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



SINA Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

SINA's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(267.621 + 1717.592) / 345.553
=5.75

SINA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(102.165 + 1773.253) / 315.044
=5.95

* 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. 2020) EBITDA data.


SINA  (NAS:SINA) 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.


SINA Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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SINA (SINA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Courtyard 10, the West Xibeiwang East Road, No. 8 SINA Plaza, Haidian District, Beijing, CHN, 100193
Sina is a leading online media company in China, established in 1998. In 2009, Sina launched the first Twitter-like social media platform in China, Weibo, which has reached 361 million monthly active users and 159 million daily active users. Sina holds 46% of shares and has 72% voting power in Weibo, and Alibaba holds 31.4% of shares and 14.8% voting power. About 85% of net revenue is from online advertising, with 29.5% from portal advertising and 55.4% from Weibo advertising.
Executives
Hurst Lin director
Yan Wang director
Benjamin S Tsiang officer: Executive Vice President
Pehong Chen director 460 SEAPORT COURT, SUITE 102, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Yongji Duan director NO 2 HAIDIAN ROAD C/O PATRICK NG ZHONGGUANCUN F4 00000
Ter Fung Tsao director 2988 CAMPUS DRIVE STE 100 SAN MATEO CA 94403
Yi Chen Zhang director 28/F CITIC TOWER 1 TIM MEI AVENUE HONG KONG K3 00000
Xiaotao Chen director C/O STONE ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY 27/F, K. WAH CENTRE, 191 JAVA ROAD NORTH POINT K3
Song-yi Zhang director C/O: 10/F, FUNG HOUSE, 19-20 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG K3 -
Lip Bu Tan director ONE CALIFORNIA STREET 28TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Charles Guowei Chao director, officer: CEO & President
Herman Yu officer: Acting Chief Financial Officer C/O SINA, 20F, IDEAL PLAZA NO. 58, NORTH 4TH RING ROAD WEST HAIDIAN DISTRICT, BE F4 100080
Daniel Chiang director
Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd 10 percent owner NO. 208 JULI ROAD PUDONG NEW AREA SHANGHAI F4 201203
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