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Guangdong Chant Group (SZSE:002616) Interest Coverage : 1.90 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Guangdong Chant Group 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. Guangdong Chant Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥150 Mil. Guangdong Chant Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥-79 Mil. Guangdong Chant Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.90. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Guangdong Chant Group Inc interest coverage is 2.22, which is low.

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

SZSE:002616' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.13   Med: 5.78   Max: 10.91
Current: 2.22


SZSE:002616's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
86.19% of 1578 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.55 vs SZSE:002616: 2.22

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


Guangdong Chant Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guangdong Chant Group'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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Guangdong Chant Group Interest Coverage Chart

Guangdong Chant Group 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 7.21 5.38 1.13 1.50 2.14

Guangdong Chant Group Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 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 1.59 2.42 2.06 2.52 1.90

Competitive Comparison of Guangdong Chant Group's Interest Coverage

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Guangdong Chant Group'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.


Guangdong Chant Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Guangdong Chant Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guangdong Chant Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Guangdong Chant Group 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.

Guangdong Chant Group'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, Guangdong Chant Group's Interest Expense was ¥-296 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥635 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥4,411 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*635.174/-296.349
=2.14

Guangdong Chant Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Guangdong Chant Group's Interest Expense was ¥-79 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥150 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥4,993 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*150.185/-78.966
=1.90

* 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.


Guangdong Chant Group  (SZSE:002616) 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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Guangdong Chant Group (SZSE:002616) Business Description

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Address
No. 42, South Xiaolan Industrial Avenue, Guangdong Province, Zhongshan City, CHN, 528415
Guangdong Chant Group Inc is a Chinese company engaged in the production and sales of gas appliances as well as involved in the environmental industry. It manufactures gas valves, gas heaters, barbecue grills, gas cookers and gas appliance parts. The product portfolio of the company includes charcoal barbecues, gas barbecues, air cooler, patio heaters, camping stove, water heaters, cooktops, and others. The company in the environmental industry is involved in co-generation projects and biomass power generation projects.
Executives
Gong Wei Quan Executives
Su Hui Yi Securities Affairs Representative
Zhang Ru Yi Directors, executives
Liao Jie Fen Supervisors
He Qi Qiang Director
Mai Zheng Hui Directors, executives

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