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Kingboard Holdings (Kingboard Holdings) Interest Coverage : 3.27 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kingboard 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. Kingboard Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $260 Mil. Kingboard Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-80 Mil. Kingboard Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.27. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

KBDCF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.69   Med: 11.6   Max: 55.09
Current: 3.69


KBDCF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
58.52% of 393 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 5.15 vs KBDCF: 3.69

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


Kingboard Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kingboard 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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Kingboard Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Kingboard Holdings 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 7.60 20.02 55.09 17.26 3.69

Kingboard Holdings 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 49.62 38.64 7.76 4.20 3.27

Competitive Comparison of Kingboard Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Kingboard 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.


Kingboard Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Kingboard Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kingboard Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



Kingboard 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.

Kingboard Holdings'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, Kingboard Holdings's Interest Expense was $-144 Mil. Its Operating Income was $531 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,892 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*530.823/-143.981
=3.69

Kingboard Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Kingboard Holdings's Interest Expense was $-80 Mil. Its Operating Income was $260 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,892 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*260.085/-79.568
=3.27

* 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.


Kingboard Holdings  (OTCPK:KBDCF) 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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Kingboard Holdings (Kingboard Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3 On Yiu Street, 23rd Floor, Delta House, Shek Mun, Shatin, N.T, Hong Kong, HKG
Kingboard Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company in China. It operates in six segments: manufacture and sale of laminates; manufacture and sale of printed circuit boards; manufacture and sale of chemicals; sales and rental of properties; investments; and others including service income, manufacture, and sale of magnetic products and hotel business. The company's products include Tar, coke, methanol, benzene, acetic acid, glass epoxy laminate, paper laminate, single and double-sided printed circuit boards and others. Geographically, it has operations in China, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Europe, and America, out of which China accounts for the majority of the revenue.

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