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AP Rentals Holdings (HKSE:01496) Interest Coverage : 0.93 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is AP Rentals 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. AP Rentals Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$0.8 Mil. AP Rentals Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$-0.8 Mil. AP Rentals Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.93. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


HKSE:01496's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 13.62
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


AP Rentals Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for AP Rentals 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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AP Rentals Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

AP Rentals Holdings Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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AP Rentals Holdings Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of AP Rentals Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, AP Rentals 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.


AP Rentals Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, AP Rentals Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AP Rentals Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



AP Rentals 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.

AP Rentals 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, AP Rentals Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-1.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$10.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$5.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*10.115/-1.548
=6.53

AP Rentals Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, AP Rentals Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-0.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$0.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$2.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*0.779/-0.837
=0.93

* 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.


AP Rentals Holdings  (HKSE:01496) 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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AP Rentals Holdings (HKSE:01496) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 75, Mody Road, Unit 806A, 8th Floor, Tower II, South Seas Centre, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
AP Rentals Holdings Ltd operates as an equipment rental service company in Hong Kong. The company's operating segment includes Leasing and Trading. where the leasing segment is engaged in the leasing of machinery, lease-related operating service, repair and maintenance service, delivery service, and installation service, and the trading segment includes sales of machinery and parts. The company generates maximum revenue from the Leasing segment. Geographically, the company derives the majority of its revenue from Hong Kong and has a presence in Macau, PRC, and Singapore.

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