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Kia Lim Bhd (XKLS:6211) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.22 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kia Lim Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Kia Lim Bhd's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was RM2.13 Mil. Kia Lim Bhd's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was RM0.35 Mil. Kia Lim Bhd's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was RM11.44 Mil. Kia Lim Bhd's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.22.

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 Kia Lim Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

XKLS:6211' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -11.85   Med: 0.64   Max: 49.09
Current: 0.38

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Kia Lim Bhd was 49.09. The lowest was -11.85. And the median was 0.64.

XKLS:6211's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
84.03% of 313 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 2.16 vs XKLS:6211: 0.38

Kia Lim Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kia Lim Bhd'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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Kia Lim Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Kia Lim Bhd 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 2.64 -2.76 -2.53 1.08 0.38

Kia Lim Bhd 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 0.68 0.51 -0.88 0.19 0.22

Competitive Comparison of Kia Lim Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Building Materials subindustry, Kia Lim Bhd'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.


Kia Lim Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Kia Lim Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Kia Lim Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Kia Lim Bhd'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
=(2.126 + 0.349) / 6.532
=0.38

Kia Lim Bhd'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
=(2.126 + 0.349) / 11.444
=0.22

* 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.


Kia Lim Bhd  (XKLS:6211) 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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Kia Lim Bhd (XKLS:6211) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
79, Jalan Muar, 1st Floor, Wisma Ng Hoo Tee, Batu Pahat, Parit Sulong, JHR, MYS, 83500
Kia Lim Bhd is an investment holding company. The company is engaged in the business of manufacturing clay bricks. Along with its subsidiaries, it manufactures clay common bricks, facing bricks, block bricks, M211 bricks, brick tiles, chamfered paving bricks, and many more. The group operates in Malaysia.

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