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GRG Metrology & Test Group Co (SZSE:002967) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 3.71 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

GRG Metrology & Test Group Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ¥872 Mil. GRG Metrology & Test Group Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ¥598 Mil. GRG Metrology & Test Group Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ¥396 Mil. GRG Metrology & Test Group Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.71.

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 GRG Metrology & Test Group Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SZSE:002967' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.38   Med: 2.19   Max: 6
Current: 6

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of GRG Metrology & Test Group Co was 6.00. The lowest was 1.38. And the median was 2.19.

SZSE:002967's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
83.64% of 825 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.88 vs SZSE:002967: 6.00

GRG Metrology & Test Group Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for GRG Metrology & Test Group Co'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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GRG Metrology & Test Group Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.31 2.11 1.38 1.67 2.27

GRG Metrology & Test Group Co 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.05 -47.91 5.34 4.79 3.71

Competitive Comparison

For the Consulting Services subindustry, GRG Metrology & Test Group Co'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.


GRG Metrology & Test Group Co Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, GRG Metrology & Test Group Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where GRG Metrology & Test Group Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



GRG Metrology & Test Group Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

GRG Metrology & Test Group Co'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
=(871.546 + 598.321) / 648.106
=2.27

GRG Metrology & Test Group Co'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
=(871.546 + 598.321) / 395.728
=3.71

* 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.


GRG Metrology & Test Group Co  (SZSE:002967) 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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GRG Metrology & Test Group Co (SZSE:002967) Business Description

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Address
No. 8, Qishan Road, Room 150, Shiqi Town, Panyu District, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, CHN, 510656
GRG Metrology & Test Group Co Ltd is devoted to standards compiling, product testing and certification, analysis and assessment, consulting and training, test equipment and software research and development, providing state of the art services to various industries including automotive, traffic and rail, communication and electric power and others.

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