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China Nonferrous Mining (HKSE:01258) Interest Coverage : 19.42 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is China Nonferrous Mining 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 Nonferrous Mining's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$2,055 Mil. China Nonferrous Mining's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-106 Mil. China Nonferrous Mining's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 19.42. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for China Nonferrous Mining's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:01258' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.49   Med: 15.23   Max: 23.48
Current: 20.44


HKSE:01258's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
73.66% of 1344 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs HKSE:01258: 20.44

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 Nonferrous Mining Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Nonferrous Mining'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 Nonferrous Mining Interest Coverage Chart

China Nonferrous Mining 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 21.81 12.59 23.48 17.68 20.43

China Nonferrous Mining 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 18.11 31.76 7.79 21.15 19.42

Competitive Comparison of China Nonferrous Mining's Interest Coverage

For the Copper subindustry, China Nonferrous Mining'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 Nonferrous Mining's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, China Nonferrous Mining's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Nonferrous Mining's Interest Coverage falls into.



China Nonferrous Mining 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 Nonferrous Mining'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, China Nonferrous Mining's Interest Expense was HK$-256 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$5,234 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*5233.862/-256.13
=20.43

China Nonferrous Mining's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, China Nonferrous Mining's Interest Expense was HK$-106 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$2,055 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2054.844/-105.799
=19.42

* 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 Nonferrous Mining  (HKSE:01258) 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 Nonferrous Mining (HKSE:01258) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
32 Enos Chomba Road, Kitwe, ZMB
China Nonferrous Mining Corp Ltd is engaged in the exploration, mining, ore processing, leaching, smelting of copper and cobalt, and sale of copper cathodes, blister copper, and copper anodes, copper-cobalt alloy, cobaltous hydroxide, and sulfuric acid. Its operating segments are Leaching and Smelting. The majority of the company's revenue is derived from the Smelting segment. The smelting segment includes the production and sale of blister and copper anodes. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Mainland China.

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