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GME Group Holdings (HKSE:08188) Interest Coverage : 61.43 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is GME Group 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. GME Group Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$68.3 Mil. GME Group Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-1.1 Mil. GME Group Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 61.43. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HKSE:08188' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.62   Med: 23.21   Max: 54.66
Current: 19.93


HKSE:08188's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
67.84% of 1253 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.04 vs HKSE:08188: 19.93

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


GME Group Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for GME Group 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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GME Group Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

GME Group 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 - 3.45 39.47 2.62 19.93

GME Group Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 - 2.94 3.66 0.39 61.43

Competitive Comparison of GME Group Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, GME Group 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.


GME Group Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

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



GME Group 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.

GME Group 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, GME Group Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-3.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$74.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$3.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*73.993/-3.712
=19.93

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, GME Group Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-1.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$68.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$3.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*68.315/-1.112
=61.43

* 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.


GME Group Holdings  (HKSE:08188) 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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GME Group Holdings (HKSE:08188) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
148 Electric Road, Room 1001-2, 10th Floor, Hong Kong, HKG
GME Group Holdings Ltd along with its subsidiaries is engaged in providing underground construction services in Hong Kong. Tunnel construction services include excavation, shortening, shutter design and fabrication, tunnel lining services, shafts, advanced and structural works; and utility construction that includes mainly underground public utility works such as road and drainage works and others that include mainly structural works and construction of service buildings and support structure. It also provides program design, costing, and management for underground construction services. It derives all of its revenue from Hong Kong.
Executives
Ng Kwok Lun 2101 Beneficial owner
Chuang Chun Ngok Boris 2103 Interests held jointly with another person
Chuang Wei Chu 2103 Interests held jointly with another person
Chuang Yau Ka 2103 Interests held jointly with another person
To Yin Ping 2101 Beneficial owner

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