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Southgobi Resources (HKSE:01878) Interest Coverage : 3.41 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Southgobi Resources 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. Southgobi Resources's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was HK$249 Mil. Southgobi Resources's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was HK$-73 Mil. Southgobi Resources's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.41. 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. Southgobi Resources Ltd interest coverage is 1.68, which is low.

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

HKSE:01878' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.1   Med: 0.36   Max: 1.68
Current: 1.68


HKSE:01878's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
91.41% of 128 companies
in the Other Energy Sources industry
Industry Median: 22.025 vs HKSE:01878: 1.68

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


Southgobi Resources Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Southgobi Resources'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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Southgobi Resources Interest Coverage Chart

Southgobi Resources 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 1.05 0.36 0.10 0.20 1.50

Southgobi Resources Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 2.37 - 3.50 3.20 3.41

Competitive Comparison of Southgobi Resources's Interest Coverage

For the Thermal Coal subindustry, Southgobi Resources'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.


Southgobi Resources's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Other Energy Sources Industry

For the Other Energy Sources industry and Energy sector, Southgobi Resources's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Southgobi Resources's Interest Coverage falls into.



Southgobi Resources 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.

Southgobi Resources'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, Southgobi Resources's Interest Expense was HK$-363 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$544 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$726 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*544.39/-362.921
=1.50

Southgobi Resources's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Southgobi Resources's Interest Expense was HK$-73 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$249 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$674 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*248.748/-72.973
=3.41

* 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.


Southgobi Resources  (HKSE:01878) 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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Southgobi Resources (HKSE:01878) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
355 Burrard Street, Suite 1150, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 2G8
Southgobi Resources Ltd together with its subsidiaries is an integrated coal mining, development, and exploration company. Its reportable operating segment is its Coal Division which is principally engaged in coal mining, development, and exploration in Mongolia and logistics and trading of coal in Mongolia and China. The company also holds the mining and exploration licenses of other metallurgical and thermal coal deposits in the South Gobi Province of Mongolia. The company owns the following operating coal mine and coal projects in Mongolia: the Ovoot Tolgoi Mine, Zag Suuj Project, and the Soumber Project.

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