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Lanka Hospitals (COL:LHCL.N0000) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.23 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Lanka Hospitals Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Lanka Hospitals's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was රු713 Mil. Lanka Hospitals's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was රු146 Mil. Lanka Hospitals's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was රු3,760 Mil. Lanka Hospitals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.23.

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

COL:LHCL.N0000' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.16   Med: 0.22   Max: 0.54
Current: 0.34

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Lanka Hospitals was 0.54. The lowest was 0.16. And the median was 0.22.

COL:LHCL.N0000's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
85.51% of 421 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 2.6 vs COL:LHCL.N0000: 0.34

Lanka Hospitals Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lanka Hospitals'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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Lanka Hospitals Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Lanka Hospitals Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.22 0.46 0.54 0.26 0.17

Lanka Hospitals Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 0.29 0.27 0.55 0.47 0.23

Competitive Comparison of Lanka Hospitals's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Lanka Hospitals'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.


Lanka Hospitals's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Lanka Hospitals's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lanka Hospitals Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Lanka Hospitals's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(614.883 + 151.976) / 4659.104
=0.16

Lanka Hospitals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(712.713 + 145.584) / 3759.976
=0.23

* 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. 2023) EBITDA data.


Lanka Hospitals  (COL:LHCL.N0000) 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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Lanka Hospitals (COL:LHCL.N0000) Business Description

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No. 578, Elvitigala Mawatha, Narahenpita, Colombo, LKA, 05
Lanka Hospitals Corp PLC is a Sri Lanka-based company providing healthcare services. The company offers medical services such as emergency services, kidney care centers, health checks, eye clinics, blood banks, dental clinics, and dermatology services. The company also provides surgical, emergency care, laboratory, and testing services. Geographically, all the firm's business activity is operated in Sri Lanka.

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