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Apex Ace Holding (HKSE:06036) Interest Coverage : 1.82 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Apex Ace Holding 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. Apex Ace Holding's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$38 Mil. Apex Ace Holding's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-21 Mil. Apex Ace Holding's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.82. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Apex Ace Holding's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:06036' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.03   Med: 5.69   Max: 37.35
Current: 1.03


HKSE:06036's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
94.23% of 1594 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.735 vs HKSE:06036: 1.03

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


Apex Ace Holding Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Apex Ace Holding'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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Apex Ace Holding Interest Coverage Chart

Apex Ace Holding 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 1.94 2.89 6.86 - 1.03

Apex Ace Holding Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Dec15 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 - 2.31 - - 1.82

Competitive Comparison of Apex Ace Holding's Interest Coverage

For the Electronics & Computer Distribution subindustry, Apex Ace Holding'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.


Apex Ace Holding's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Apex Ace Holding's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Apex Ace Holding's Interest Coverage falls into.



Apex Ace Holding 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.

Apex Ace Holding'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, Apex Ace Holding's Interest Expense was HK$-35 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$36 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$22 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*36.241/-35.324
=1.03

Apex Ace Holding's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Apex Ace Holding's Interest Expense was HK$-21 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$38 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$22 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*38.123/-20.955
=1.82

* 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.


Apex Ace Holding  (HKSE:06036) 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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Apex Ace Holding (HKSE:06036) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
6011 Shennan Avenue, 26K, NEO Tower A, Futian District, Shenzhen, CHN
Apex Ace Holding Ltd is a distributor of semiconductors and other electronic components and is engaged in the supply of digital storage products and general electronic components along with the provision of complementary technical support. It focuses on identifying, sourcing, selling and distributing electronic components produced by upstream manufacturers to downstream manufacturers in the PRC and Hong Kong. Its Digital Storage products include DRAM, FLASH and MCP memory products, which are applied to multimedia and mobile devices such as set-top boxes, smart TVs, wearable devices, mobile phones. Its General components include switches, connectors, passive components, main chips, sensors, power semiconductors and analog-to-digital converters.

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