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Oriental Enterprise Holdings (HKSE:00018) Financial Strength : 10 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Oriental Enterprise Holdings Financial Strength?

Oriental Enterprise Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 10. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

Oriental Enterprise Holdings Ltd shows strong financial strength.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Oriental Enterprise Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 42.00. Oriental Enterprise Holdings's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.07. As of today, Oriental Enterprise Holdings's Altman Z-Score is 4.49.


Competitive Comparison of Oriental Enterprise Holdings's Financial Strength

For the Publishing subindustry, Oriental Enterprise Holdings's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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.


Oriental Enterprise Holdings's Financial Strength Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Oriental Enterprise Holdings's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Oriental Enterprise Holdings's Financial Strength falls into.



Oriental Enterprise Holdings Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

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

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:

Oriental Enterprise Holdings's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$-0.8 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$34.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$0.0 Mil.

Oriental Enterprise Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*34.772/-0.828
=42.00

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Oriental Enterprise Holdings Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Oriental Enterprise Holdings's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(44.291 + 0) / 624.17
=0.07

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Oriental Enterprise Holdings has a Z-score of 4.49, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 4.49 is strong.

* 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.


Oriental Enterprise Holdings  (HKSE:00018) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Oriental Enterprise Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 10. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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Oriental Enterprise Holdings (HKSE:00018) Business Description

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Address
23 Dai Cheong Street, Oriental Media Centre, Tai Po Industrial Estate, Hong Kong, HKG
Oriental Enterprise Holdings Ltd, formerly Oriental Press Group Ltd is a Hong Kong-based company engaged in the publication of newspapers including internet subscription and advertising income. The firm operates in the reportable segments of Publication of newspapers, Money lending business and Others. The Publication of newspapers segment, which acts as a major revenue earner, includes internet subscription and relevant advertising income. The revenue of other operating segments includes rental income from investment properties, license fee income from hotel property and income from restaurant operation. It has a geographic presence in Hong Kong and Australia.
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