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China Agri-Products Exchange (HKSE:00149) Interest Coverage : 1.19 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is China Agri-Products Exchange 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. China Agri-Products Exchange's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$69.3 Mil. China Agri-Products Exchange's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$-58.0 Mil. China Agri-Products Exchange's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 1.19. 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. China Agri-Products Exchange Ltds earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for China Agri-Products Exchange's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:00149' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09   Med: 0.72   Max: 1.84
Current: 0.97


HKSE:00149's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
86.69% of 1337 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 4.05 vs HKSE:00149: 0.97

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


China Agri-Products Exchange Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Agri-Products Exchange'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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China Agri-Products Exchange Interest Coverage Chart

China Agri-Products Exchange Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.25 0.52 0.92 1.84 1.06

China Agri-Products Exchange Semi-Annual Data
Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 1.89 1.80 1.34 0.73 1.19

Competitive Comparison of China Agri-Products Exchange's Interest Coverage

For the Real Estate - Diversified subindustry, China Agri-Products Exchange'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.


China Agri-Products Exchange's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, China Agri-Products Exchange's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Agri-Products Exchange's Interest Coverage falls into.



China Agri-Products Exchange 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.

China Agri-Products Exchange's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, China Agri-Products Exchange's Interest Expense was HK$-118.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$126.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$1,195.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*126.049/-118.446
=1.06

China Agri-Products Exchange's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, China Agri-Products Exchange's Interest Expense was HK$-58.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$69.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$990.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*69.27/-57.982
=1.19

* 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.


China Agri-Products Exchange  (HKSE:00149) 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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China Agri-Products Exchange (HKSE:00149) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
39 Wang Kwong Road, Suite 3202, 32nd Floor, Skyline Tower, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
China Agri-Products Exchange Ltd is an investment holding company. The company operates through two segments namely Agricultural produce exchange market operation; and Property sales. The majority of its revenue is derived from the Agricultural produce exchange market operation segment. Geographically, it derives revenue from China.
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