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Qingdao Topscomm Communication (SHSE:603421) EBITDA : ¥126 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Qingdao Topscomm Communication EBITDA?

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's EBITDA for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was ¥27 Mil. Its EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was ¥126 Mil.

During the past 12 months, the average EBITDA Growth Rate of Qingdao Topscomm Communication was -58.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was -0.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was -2.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was 2.10% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the EBITDA Growth Rate using EBITDA data.

During the past 12 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA Growth Rate of Qingdao Topscomm Communication was 91.20% per year. The lowest was -9.70% per year. And the median was -0.40% per year.

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's EBITDA per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was ¥0.03. Its EBITDA per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was ¥0.22.

During the past 12 months, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate of Qingdao Topscomm Communication was -46.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was -0.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was -1.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was -0.50% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the EBITDA per share growth rate using EBITDA per Share data.

During the past 12 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate of Qingdao Topscomm Communication was 16.00% per year. The lowest was -14.70% per year. And the median was -3.05% per year.


Qingdao Topscomm Communication EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Qingdao Topscomm Communication's 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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Qingdao Topscomm Communication EBITDA Chart

Qingdao Topscomm Communication Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
EBITDA
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Qingdao Topscomm Communication Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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Competitive Comparison of Qingdao Topscomm Communication's EBITDA

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Qingdao Topscomm Communication's EV-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and EV-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.


Qingdao Topscomm Communication's EV-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Qingdao Topscomm Communication's EV-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Qingdao Topscomm Communication's EV-to-EBITDA falls into.


Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) is what the company earns before it expenses interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the fiscal year ended in Dec. 2022, Qingdao Topscomm Communication's EBITDA was ¥280 Mil.

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the quarter ended in Sep. 2023, Qingdao Topscomm Communication's EBITDA was ¥27 Mil.

EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ¥126 Mil.

* 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.

Sometimes companies may have already deducted Depreciation and Amortization from Gross Profit. In this case Depreciation and Amortization needs to be added back when calculating EBITDA.

Qingdao Topscomm Communication  (SHSE:603421) EBITDA Explanation

EBITDA is a cash flow measure that ignores changes in working capital. EBITDA minus Depreciation, and Amortization (DA) equals Operating Income. Operating Income is profit before interest and taxes. Of course, Interest and taxes need to be paid.

While depreciation and amortization expenses do not need to be paid in cash, assets - especially tangible assets - do need to be replaced over time. EBITDA is not a measure of profit in any sense. EBITDA is a measure of cash generation by a business where the uses of that cash may be more or less discretionary depending on the nature of the business.

The EBITDA of a TV station is largely discretionary. Owners may use much of the EBITDA generated by a TV station as they see fit. The EBITDA of a railroad is largely non-discretionary. Owners must use much of the EBITDA generated by a railroad to replace the physical assets of the railroad or the business will literally fall apart over time.

EBITDA can be thought of as the cash a business generates that is available to:

Add more inventory
Add more receivables
Replace property, plant, and equipment
Add more property, plant, and equipment
Pay interest
Pay taxes
And finally: pay owners

EBITDA is widely used in financial analysis because Depreciation and Amortization are not present day cash expenses.. Depreciation and amortization are the spreading out of the costs of assets over the time in which those assets provide benefits. Today's depreciation and amortization expenses relate to assets bought in the past. The assets being expensed may or may not need to be replaced in the future. And the cost to replace the assets may be more or less than it was in the past. For this reason, the depreciation and amortization expenses a company records in the present year may have no relationship to the actual cash costs needed to maintain its assets in future years.

A company's depreciation expense depends on both its expectations about the assets it owns and its choice of accounting methods. Two companies owning identical assets may have different depreciation expenses because they have different expectations about the useful lives of those assets and because they make different accounting choices.

Analysts use EBITDA to remove this element of personal choice from a company's accounting statements. The use of EBITDA is an attempt to make the results of different companies more comparable and uniform.


Be Aware

Although depreciation is not a cash cost it is a real business cost because the company has to pay for the fixed assets when they purchase them. Both Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger hate the idea of EBITDA because in this calculation, depreciation is not counted as an expense.

EBITDA over Revenue is a good metric for comparing the operating efficiencies between companies because EBITDA is less vulnerable to companies' accounting choices. For this reason, EBITDA is used in ranking the Predictability of Companies. Also Price-to-EBITDA is sometimes used in valuations.


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Qingdao Topscomm Communication (SHSE:603421) Business Description

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No. 288 Ningxia Road, 5th Floor, No. 6 Building, Qingdao Software Park, Shinan District, Qingdao City, CHN, 266024
Qingdao Topscomm Communication Inc designs, researches and develops, manufactures, and sells smart products for electric power and fire protection in China. It also engages in the research and development of power line carrier communication chips and fieldbus communication chips. Its products include smart energy meters, such as smart prepayment and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), power line carrier communication system; chips; terminal collecting device such as concentrator and state grid concentrator; and intelligent indoor terminal. It also provides AMI, prepayment vending, water/gas/heat and electricity meter AMR/AMI, distribution automation and management, and low and medium voltage PLC communication solutions.

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