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Chi Ho Development Holdings (HKSE:08423) Interest Coverage : 9.10 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Chi Ho Development Holdings 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. Chi Ho Development Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$6.4 Mil. Chi Ho Development Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$-0.7 Mil. Chi Ho Development Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 9.10. 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. Chi Ho Development Holdings Ltd interest coverage is 4.81, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Chi Ho Development Holdings's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:08423' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.81   Med: 10.25   Max: 17.49
Current: 4.81


HKSE:08423's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
60.4% of 1265 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.15 vs HKSE:08423: 4.81

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


Chi Ho Development Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chi Ho Development Holdings'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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Chi Ho Development Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Chi Ho Development Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 13.67 11.38 14.28 7.45 5.45

Chi Ho Development Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 4.62 5.68 5.39 1.60 9.10

Competitive Comparison of Chi Ho Development Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Chi Ho Development Holdings'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.


Chi Ho Development Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Chi Ho Development Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chi Ho Development Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



Chi Ho Development Holdings 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.

Chi Ho Development Holdings's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Chi Ho Development Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-4.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$21.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$2.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*21.827/-4.004
=5.45

Chi Ho Development Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2023, Chi Ho Development Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-0.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$6.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$2.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*6.387/-0.702
=9.10

* 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.


Chi Ho Development Holdings  (HKSE:08423) 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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Chi Ho Development Holdings (HKSE:08423) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
77–81 Container Port Road, Units 901, 902 and 908, 9/F, Magnet Place Tower 1, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong, HKG
Chi Ho Development Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. Its operating segments include Building renovation and construction which includes renovation and maintenance works, alteration and addition works and fitting-out works, and site formation and geotechnical works in Hong Kong. and Property which includes property investment in Hong Kong. The group's revenue is generated from Hong Kong.

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