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Huitongda Network Co (HKSE:09878) Interest Coverage : 3.28 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Huitongda Network Co 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. Huitongda Network Co's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$496 Mil. Huitongda Network Co's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-152 Mil. Huitongda Network Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.28. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Huitongda Network Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:09878' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 0.64   Max: 3.61
Current: 3.61


HKSE:09878's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
83.39% of 1601 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.92 vs HKSE:09878: 3.61

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


Huitongda Network Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Huitongda Network Co'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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Huitongda Network Co Interest Coverage Chart

Huitongda Network Co Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.54 0.40 0.67 2.66 3.61

Huitongda Network Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 0.90 1.69 4.67 3.99 3.28

Competitive Comparison of Huitongda Network Co's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Application subindustry, Huitongda Network Co'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.


Huitongda Network Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Huitongda Network Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Huitongda Network Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Huitongda Network Co 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.

Huitongda Network Co'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, Huitongda Network Co's Interest Expense was HK$-284 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$1,024 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$308 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1024.372/-283.789
=3.61

Huitongda Network Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Huitongda Network Co's Interest Expense was HK$-152 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$496 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$308 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*496.409/-151.507
=3.28

* 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.


Huitongda Network Co  (HKSE:09878) 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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Huitongda Network Co (HKSE:09878) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
50 Zhongling Street, Huitongda Building, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, CHN
Huitongda Network Co Ltd is a transaction and service platform serving corporate customers in China's retail industry, and is committed to providing high-quality goods and services for China's sinking market. In addition, Huitongda also provides store SaaS and merchant solutions to retail stores and channel cooperation customers in the industrial value chain by virtue of its digital capabilities, and provides a stable one-stop supply chain to member retail stores, including providing rich and diverse services on the platform.

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