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Yuan Heng Gas Holdings (HKSE:00332) Interest Coverage : 0.18 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Yuan Heng Gas 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. Yuan Heng Gas Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$8 Mil. Yuan Heng Gas Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$-45 Mil. Yuan Heng Gas Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.18. 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. Yuan Heng Gas Holdings 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 Yuan Heng Gas Holdings's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:00332' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.49   Med: 2.1   Max: 6.77
Current: 0.99


HKSE:00332's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
93.43% of 761 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.65 vs HKSE:00332: 0.99

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


Yuan Heng Gas Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Yuan Heng Gas 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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Yuan Heng Gas Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Yuan Heng Gas Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.43 0.49 2.15 2.64 2.05

Yuan Heng Gas Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 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 3.10 2.15 2.31 1.82 0.18

Competitive Comparison of Yuan Heng Gas Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing subindustry, Yuan Heng Gas 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.


Yuan Heng Gas Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Yuan Heng Gas Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yuan Heng Gas Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



Yuan Heng Gas 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.

Yuan Heng Gas Holdings'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, Yuan Heng Gas Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-86 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$176 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$168 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*175.706/-85.545
=2.05

Yuan Heng Gas Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Yuan Heng Gas Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-45 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*8.261/-45.349
=0.18

* 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.


Yuan Heng Gas Holdings  (HKSE:00332) 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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Yuan Heng Gas Holdings (HKSE:00332) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
16 Harcourt Road, Room 4102, 41st Floor, Far East Finance Centre, Hong Kong, HKG
Yuan Heng Gas Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. The company's operating segment includes production and sales of LNG, oil and gas transactions, and piped gas. The majority of the revenue is generated from oil and gas transactions. Its geographical segments include the People's Republic of China(PRC), Hong Kong, and Singapore, of which the majority of the revenue comes from PRC.
Executives
Champion Ever Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Cheng Xu 2202 Interest of your spouse
Wang Jianqing 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Central Huijin Investment Ltd. 2106 Person having a security interest in shares
China Construction Bank Corporation 2106 Person having a security interest in shares
Fundfleet Investment Limited Partnership 2101 Beneficial owner
Galaxy King Limited 2101 Beneficial owner

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