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Frontage Holdings (HKSE:01521) Interest Coverage : 2.82 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Frontage 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. Frontage Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$87 Mil. Frontage Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-31 Mil. Frontage Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.82. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HKSE:01521' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.89   Med: 11.38   Max: 63.28
Current: 2.89


HKSE:01521's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
88.56% of 341 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 156.65 vs HKSE:01521: 2.89

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


Frontage Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Frontage 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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Frontage Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Frontage Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 11.70 8.14 11.05 8.93 2.89

Frontage Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Dec16 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 11.86 12.67 6.85 2.99 2.82

Competitive Comparison of Frontage Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Frontage 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.


Frontage Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Frontage Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Frontage 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.

Frontage Holdings'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, Frontage Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-55 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$160 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$885 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*159.687/-55.231
=2.89

Frontage Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Frontage Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-31 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$87 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$885 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*87.134/-30.942
=2.82

* 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.


Frontage Holdings  (HKSE:01521) 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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Frontage Holdings (HKSE:01521) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
700 Pennsylvania Drive, Exton, PA, USA, 19341
Frontage Holdings Corp is a contract research organization providing integrated, scientifically driven research, analytical and development services. Geographically the group operates in both PRC and North America. The services provided in the North American segment, include Bioanalytical, CMC, DMPK and Safety and Toxicology services in the USA and Canada. The service offered in PRC includes Bioanalytical, Bioequivalence and CMC services in the PRC. Further, it also provides bioanalytical services, which are offered throughout the drug discovery and development process both in the United States and China.
Executives
Hang Zhou Tai Ge Yi Yao Ke Ji Gu Fen You Xian Gong Si 2101 Beneficial owner
Li Song 2101 Beneficial owner
Kabouter Management Llc 2102 Investment manager
Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co., Ltd.
Hongkong Tigermed Co., Limited

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