Significados de net gearing en inglés

The median net gearing of companies in the sector is 46 percent.

Khazanah said it plans to reduce the net gearing of the airline through debt-for-equity swaps.

Gemdale has some headroom in its financial covenants, such as EBITDA interest coverage and net gearing.

The group's net gearing now stands at 0.05 times, Maybank said.

The Tianjin-based developer's net gearing could have surged to over 400 percent under the original deal, analysts have said.

Its net gearing ratio was 69 percent at end-2015.

The deal, however, will also test investor appetite for a credit whose net gearing is at an eye-popping 9x, rare for an Asian company.

In June last year, the company's net gearing ratio was 62.6 percent, up from 60 percent six months earlier.

The case for share buyback is stronger for companies with large idle cash positions, but Olam has a net gearing of 189 percent, Maybank said.

The group's net debt fell to $3.3 billion, with net gearing down to a mere 6 per cent.

Its net gearing ratio, a long-time concern among investors and analysts, fell to 47.4 percent from 60.3 percent at end-2016.

Total borrowings rose 37 percent, though its net gearing ratio fell to 184 percent from 432 percent a year earlier.

It added that Keppel's low net gearing of 0.2 times will allow it to remain nimble while seeking out acquisition opportunities.

Khazanah said it aimed to reduced MAS' net gearing to as low as 100 percent from 290 percent currently through debt-to-equity swaps.

Its net gearing ratio fell 31.8 percentage points to 151.9 percent, while total loan levels fell by 59.5 billion yuan, or 8.1 percent.

CNBM reported a net gearing of about 409 percent in the first quarter, according to Nomura, with its total net debt almost 130 billion yuan.