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Sam Woo Construction Group (HKSE:03822) Debt-to-EBITDA : -4.46 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Sam Woo Construction Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sam Woo Construction Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$131.2 Mil. Sam Woo Construction Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$19.1 Mil. Sam Woo Construction Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$-33.7 Mil. Sam Woo Construction Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -4.46.

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 Sam Woo Construction Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:03822' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -103.16   Med: 1.29   Max: 16.31
Current: 2.86

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sam Woo Construction Group was 16.31. The lowest was -103.16. And the median was 1.29.

HKSE:03822's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
56.39% of 1307 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.31 vs HKSE:03822: 2.86

Sam Woo Construction Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sam Woo Construction Group'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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Sam Woo Construction Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sam Woo Construction Group 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 -3.15 1.06 -103.16 -1.64 16.31

Sam Woo Construction Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 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 -7.38 -0.67 -1.23 1.54 -4.46

Competitive Comparison of Sam Woo Construction Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Sam Woo Construction Group'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.


Sam Woo Construction Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Sam Woo Construction Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sam Woo Construction Group's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Sam Woo Construction Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sam Woo Construction Group'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
=(152.427 + 60.874) / 13.076
=16.31

Sam Woo Construction Group'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
=(131.165 + 19.099) / -33.66
=-4.46

* 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 two times the quarterly (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


Sam Woo Construction Group  (HKSE:03822) 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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Sam Woo Construction Group (HKSE:03822) Business Description

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Address
92 Granville Road, 10th Floor, Energy Plaza, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
Sam Woo Construction Group Ltd is engaged in the construction business. The core business of the company is to provide foundation works including the construction of bored piles, rock socketed H-piles and excavation and lateral support works and ancillary services, including site investigation and removal of installed piles. Foundation and ancillary services are the only segments in which the company operates its business and it generates revenue from the same. Geographically, it operates and generates revenue from Hong Kong.

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