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GKHT Medical Technology Co (SZSE:301370) Interest Coverage : 2.92 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is GKHT Medical Technology 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. GKHT Medical Technology Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥52 Mil. GKHT Medical Technology Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥-18 Mil. GKHT Medical Technology Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.92. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

SZSE:301370' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.83   Med: 3.46   Max: 6.96
Current: 3.88


SZSE:301370's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
82.25% of 417 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 18.22 vs SZSE:301370: 3.88

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


GKHT Medical Technology Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for GKHT Medical Technology 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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GKHT Medical Technology Co Interest Coverage Chart

GKHT Medical Technology 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 3.63 3.27 3.28 3.11 3.87

GKHT Medical Technology Co Quarterly Data
Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 3.25 4.25 3.81 4.52 2.92

Competitive Comparison of GKHT Medical Technology Co's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Devices subindustry, GKHT Medical Technology 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.


GKHT Medical Technology Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, GKHT Medical Technology Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where GKHT Medical Technology Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



GKHT Medical Technology 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.

GKHT Medical Technology 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, GKHT Medical Technology Co's Interest Expense was ¥-88 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥342 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥146 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*341.545/-88.178
=3.87

GKHT Medical Technology Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, GKHT Medical Technology Co's Interest Expense was ¥-18 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥52 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥155 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*52.314/-17.892
=2.92

* 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.


GKHT Medical Technology Co  (SZSE:301370) 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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GKHT Medical Technology Co (SZSE:301370) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 25, Jinghai 4th Road, Room 501C, 5th Floor, Building 6, Economic and Technological Development Zone, Beijing, CHN, 100176
GKHT Medical Technology Co Ltd is engaged in the distribution and direct sales of medical devices, providing professional services such as warehousing logistics distribution, distribution channel management, distribution process information management, and hospital SPD operation management.

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