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Canggang Railway (HKSE:02169) Interest Coverage : 4.87 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Canggang Railway 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. Canggang Railway's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$63.5 Mil. Canggang Railway's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-13.1 Mil. Canggang Railway's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.87. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HKSE:02169' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.01   Med: 4.75   Max: 5.89
Current: 4.36


HKSE:02169's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
56.97% of 818 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.43 vs HKSE:02169: 4.36

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


Canggang Railway Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canggang Railway'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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Canggang Railway Interest Coverage Chart

Canggang Railway Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 4.75 4.56 5.26 4.01 4.36

Canggang Railway Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Dec18 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 4.65 4.24 3.84 3.89 4.87

Competitive Comparison of Canggang Railway's Interest Coverage

For the Railroads subindustry, Canggang Railway'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.


Canggang Railway's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Canggang Railway's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Canggang Railway's Interest Coverage falls into.



Canggang Railway 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.

Canggang Railway'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, Canggang Railway's Interest Expense was HK$-27.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$118.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$317.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*118.49/-27.2
=4.36

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Canggang Railway's Interest Expense was HK$-13.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$63.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$317.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*63.507/-13.052
=4.87

* 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.


Canggang Railway  (HKSE:02169) 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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Canggang Railway (HKSE:02169) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Yangzhuang Station, Yangerzhuang Town, Huanghua, Hebei Province, Cangzhou, CHN
Canggang Railway Ltd is a local railway operator based in Hebei Province. The company operates in two segments, rail freight transportation services, and other ancillary services, including loading and unloading, road freight transportation, construction, repair and maintenance of Special Service Lines, railway roadbed and other railway facility construction, and certain other businesses. It operates one railway, the Canggang Railway Line, which connects the Shuo-Huang Railway Line and the Han-Huang Railway Line with the Bohai New Area in Cangzhou. Its railway line also connects the Beijing-Shanghai Railway Line. The company earns its revenue from rail freight transportation services.

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