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VSTECS Holdings (HKSE:00856) Interest Coverage : 3.75 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is VSTECS 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. VSTECS Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$663 Mil. VSTECS Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-177 Mil. VSTECS Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.75. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HKSE:00856' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.14   Med: 5.14   Max: 10.96
Current: 4.19


HKSE:00856's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
74.68% of 1568 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.79 vs HKSE:00856: 4.19

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


VSTECS Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for VSTECS 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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VSTECS Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

VSTECS 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 4.14 7.23 10.96 5.08 4.19

VSTECS 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 11.30 6.68 4.02 4.68 3.75

Competitive Comparison of VSTECS Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Electronics & Computer Distribution subindustry, VSTECS 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.


VSTECS Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, VSTECS Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



VSTECS 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.

VSTECS 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, VSTECS Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-340 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$1,426 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$209 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1426.11/-340.054
=4.19

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, VSTECS Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-177 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$663 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$209 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*663.228/-177.008
=3.75

* 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.


VSTECS Holdings  (HKSE:00856) 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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VSTECS Holdings (HKSE:00856) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
200 Connaught Road Central, Unit 3312, 33th Floor, China Merchants Tower, Shun Tak Centre, Hong Kong, HKG
VSTECS Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company engaged in the development of information technology (IT) product channels and the provision of technical solution integration services. Its business segment consists of Consumer electronics, which provides finished IT products; Enterprise systems, which provides enterprise system tools (middleware, operating systems, Unix/NT servers, databases, and storage) for IT infrastructure and IT infrastructure design and implementation, training, maintenance, and support services; and Cloud computing. Majority of revenue is generated from enterprise system segment. Its geographical segments are North Asia and South East Asia.
Executives
Li Jialin
Liu Li
Fmr Llc 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Fidelity Puritan Trust 2101 Beneficial owner
Zhong Guo Jin Chu Kou Yin Hang Shen Zhen Fen Hang 2106 Person having a security interest in shares
Shen Zhen Shi Tou Zi Kong Gu You Xian Gong Si 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Shen Zhen Shi Ren Min Zheng Fu Guo You Zi Chan Jian Du Guan Li Wei Yuan Hui 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you

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