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Binhai Investment Co (HKSE:02886) Interest Coverage : 2.34 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Binhai Investment Co 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. Binhai Investment Co's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$191 Mil. Binhai Investment Co's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-81 Mil. Binhai Investment Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.34. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HKSE:02886' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.49   Med: 3.22   Max: 5.71
Current: 2.94


HKSE:02886's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
59.91% of 444 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.775 vs HKSE:02886: 2.94

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


Binhai Investment Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Binhai Investment Co'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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Binhai Investment Co Interest Coverage Chart

Binhai Investment Co 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 2.49 3.15 5.37 3.72 2.94

Binhai Investment Co 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 5.08 6.04 2.03 3.53 2.34

Competitive Comparison of Binhai Investment Co's Interest Coverage

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Binhai Investment Co'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.


Binhai Investment Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Binhai Investment Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Binhai Investment Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Binhai Investment Co 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.

Binhai Investment Co'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, Binhai Investment Co's Interest Expense was HK$-163 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$479 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$2,066 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*479.315/-163.012
=2.94

Binhai Investment Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Binhai Investment Co's Interest Expense was HK$-81 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$191 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$2,066 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*190.859/-81.392
=2.34

* 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.


Binhai Investment Co  (HKSE:02886) 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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Binhai Investment Co (HKSE:02886) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, Suites 3205-07, 32nd Floor, Tower Two, Times Square, Hong Kong, HKG
Binhai Investment Co Ltd is an investment holding company engaged in the sales of piped natural gas, construction, and gas pipeline installation service, gas passing through service, and sales of bottled natural gas. It derives a majority of its revenue from construction, and gas pipeline installation services in which the group constructs gas pipelines for its clients and connects such pipelines to the group's main gas pipeline networks and charges construction and gas pipeline installation service fees from industrial and commercial customers, property developers and property management companies.

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