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Lotte Chemical Pakistan (KAR:LOTCHEM) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.16 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Lotte Chemical Pakistan Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Lotte Chemical Pakistan's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₨467 Mil. Lotte Chemical Pakistan's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₨729 Mil. Lotte Chemical Pakistan's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₨7,379 Mil. Lotte Chemical Pakistan's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.16.

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 Lotte Chemical Pakistan's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KAR:LOTCHEM' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.12   Med: 0.21   Max: 0.39
Current: 0.13

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Lotte Chemical Pakistan was 0.39. The lowest was 0.12. And the median was 0.21.

KAR:LOTCHEM's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
91.1% of 1225 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.24 vs KAR:LOTCHEM: 0.13

Lotte Chemical Pakistan Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lotte Chemical Pakistan'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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Lotte Chemical Pakistan Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Lotte Chemical Pakistan 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 0.21 0.39 0.22 0.12 0.21

Lotte Chemical Pakistan Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.14 0.23 0.14 0.72 0.16

Competitive Comparison of Lotte Chemical Pakistan's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Lotte Chemical Pakistan'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.


Lotte Chemical Pakistan's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Lotte Chemical Pakistan's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lotte Chemical Pakistan Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Lotte Chemical Pakistan'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
=(1436.403 + 855.927) / 11183.354
=0.20

Lotte Chemical Pakistan's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(467.491 + 729.367) / 7379.236
=0.16

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Lotte Chemical Pakistan  (KAR:LOTCHEM) 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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Lotte Chemical Pakistan (KAR:LOTCHEM) Business Description

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Address
EZ/1/P-4, Eastern Industrial Zone, P.O. Box 723, Port Qasim, Karachi, SD, PAK, 74200
Lotte Chemical Pakistan Ltd is a Pakistan-based manufacturer and supplier of Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA). The business activity of the firm is operated through the manufacture and sale of chemicals segments. The organization supplies products to the textile, domestic polyester, and polyethylene terephthalate packaging industries.

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