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HFCL (BOM:500183) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.00 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is HFCL Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

HFCL's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹0 Mil. HFCL's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹0 Mil. HFCL's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹6,547 Mil. HFCL's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.

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

BOM:500183' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.6   Med: 1.48   Max: 2.72
Current: 1.57

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of HFCL was 2.72. The lowest was 0.60. And the median was 1.48.

BOM:500183's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
53.36% of 1743 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.78 vs BOM:500183: 1.57

HFCL Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

HFCL Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.40 1.53 1.88 1.32 1.57

HFCL 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 - 2.37 - 1.49 -

Competitive Comparison of HFCL's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, HFCL'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.


HFCL's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, HFCL's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



HFCL Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

HFCL's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(8196.8 + 1165.7) / 5962.6
=1.57

HFCL'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
=(0 + 0) / 6547.2
=0.00

* 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.


HFCL  (BOM:500183) 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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HFCL (BOM:500183) Business Description

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Address
8, Commercial Complex, Masjid Moth, Greater Kailash II, New Delhi, IND, 110 048
HFCL Ltd is an Indian manufacturer and exporter of optical fibre cables and broadband equipment for the telecommunication industry. Firm business segments include Telecom Products and Turnkey Contracts Services. Telecom Product segment produces optical fibre cable, optical fibre and telecom equipment. Turnkey Contracts segment is engaged in delivering telecom infrastructure and communication network systems for Telecom Operators, Defence Services, Railways, Safe and Smart Cities etc. The firm's products and solutions include Futureline, Aerial, Armoured, Microwave Radios, FTTx, GPON, Optical transmission, etc. It generates substantial revenue from the sale of turnkey projects and related activities.

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