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Gemdale Properties and Investment (HKSE:00535) Interest Coverage : 3.59 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Gemdale Properties and Investment Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Gemdale Properties and Investment's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$2,578 Mil. Gemdale Properties and Investment's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-718 Mil. Gemdale Properties and Investment's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.59. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Gemdale Properties and Investment Corp Ltd interest coverage is 1.6, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Gemdale Properties and Investment's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:00535' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.54   Med: 8   Max: 12.16
Current: 1.6


HKSE:00535's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
75.49% of 1338 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 4.03 vs HKSE:00535: 1.60

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Gemdale Properties and Investment Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gemdale Properties and Investment's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Gemdale Properties and Investment Interest Coverage Chart

Gemdale Properties and Investment Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.99 8.11 1.05 0.54 1.60

Gemdale Properties and Investment Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 0.46 0.83 0.34 - 3.59

Competitive Comparison of Gemdale Properties and Investment's Interest Coverage

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, Gemdale Properties and Investment's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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.


Gemdale Properties and Investment's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Gemdale Properties and Investment's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gemdale Properties and Investment's Interest Coverage falls into.



Gemdale Properties and Investment Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Gemdale Properties and Investment's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Gemdale Properties and Investment's Interest Expense was HK$-1,461 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$2,333 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$12,145 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2332.928/-1461.437
=1.60

Gemdale Properties and Investment's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Gemdale Properties and Investment's Interest Expense was HK$-718 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$2,578 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$12,145 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2578.083/-717.994
=3.59

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Gemdale Properties and Investment  (HKSE:00535) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Gemdale Properties and Investment (HKSE:00535) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
28 Queen’s Road Central, 19th Floor, Central Tower, Central, Hong Kong, HKG
Gemdale Properties and Investment Corp Ltd is an investment holding company that operates through four segments. The property development segment, which produces the company's revenue, develops and sells residential and commercial properties. The property investment and management segment invests and manages business parks and commercial properties. In the microfinance segment, Gemdale provides financial services to potential property buyers and small businesses. The corporate segment provides corporate management services to residential, commercial, and business park projects. The company generates almost all of its revenue from Mainland China.
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