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Ausnutria Dairy (HKSE:01717) Interest Coverage : 4.19 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Ausnutria Dairy 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. Ausnutria Dairy's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$144 Mil. Ausnutria Dairy's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-34 Mil. Ausnutria Dairy's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.19. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HKSE:01717' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.02   Med: 20.77   Max: 54.85
Current: 7.02


HKSE:01717's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
54.1% of 1379 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.61 vs HKSE:01717: 7.02

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


Ausnutria Dairy Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ausnutria Dairy'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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Ausnutria Dairy Interest Coverage Chart

Ausnutria Dairy Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Ausnutria Dairy 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 47.72 20.88 20.65 11.61 4.19

Competitive Comparison of Ausnutria Dairy's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Ausnutria Dairy'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.


Ausnutria Dairy's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Ausnutria Dairy's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ausnutria Dairy's Interest Coverage falls into.



Ausnutria Dairy 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.

Ausnutria Dairy'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, Ausnutria Dairy's Interest Expense was HK$-56 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$391 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$23 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*391.118/-55.694
=7.02

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Ausnutria Dairy's Interest Expense was HK$-34 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$144 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$23 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*144.346/-34.446
=4.19

* 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.


Ausnutria Dairy  (HKSE:01717) 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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Ausnutria Dairy (HKSE:01717) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
168-200 Connaught Road Central, Unit 16, 36th Floor, China Merchants Tower, Shun Tak Centre, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, HKG
Ausnutria Dairy Corp Ltd is active in the dairy industry. Its business activities include research and development, milk collection, processing, production, packaging, marketing, and sales of dairy products. The company operates through Dairy and related products and Nutrition product segments. It generates maximum revenue from the Dairy and related products segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the PRC and also has a presence in European Union; the Middle East; North and South America; Australia; New Zealand, and other countries.
Executives
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