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Zhongxin Fruit and Juice (SGX:5EG) Interest Coverage : 4.19 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Zhongxin Fruit and Juice 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. Zhongxin Fruit and Juice's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was S$0.93 Mil. Zhongxin Fruit and Juice's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was S$-0.22 Mil. Zhongxin Fruit and Juice'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.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Zhongxin Fruit and Juice Ltd interest coverage is 2.33, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Zhongxin Fruit and Juice's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SGX:5EG' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.51   Med: 2.4   Max: 11.52
Current: 2.33


SGX:5EG's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
96.15% of 78 companies
in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 18.355 vs SGX:5EG: 2.33

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


Zhongxin Fruit and Juice Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zhongxin Fruit and Juice'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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Zhongxin Fruit and Juice Interest Coverage Chart

Zhongxin Fruit and Juice Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.58 0.51 - 11.52 2.23

Zhongxin Fruit and Juice 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 15.94 5.31 3.53 1.05 4.19

Competitive Comparison of Zhongxin Fruit and Juice's Interest Coverage

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, Zhongxin Fruit and Juice'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.


Zhongxin Fruit and Juice's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Zhongxin Fruit and Juice's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zhongxin Fruit and Juice's Interest Coverage falls into.



Zhongxin Fruit and Juice 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.

Zhongxin Fruit and Juice's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, Zhongxin Fruit and Juice's Interest Expense was S$-0.61 Mil. Its Operating Income was S$1.35 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was S$0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*1.349/-0.605
=2.23

Zhongxin Fruit and Juice's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Zhongxin Fruit and Juice's Interest Expense was S$-0.22 Mil. Its Operating Income was S$0.93 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was S$0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*0.925/-0.221
=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.


Zhongxin Fruit and Juice  (SGX:5EG) 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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Zhongxin Fruit and Juice (SGX:5EG) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
25 International Business Park, No. 02-53 German Centre, Singapore, SGP, 609916
Website
Zhongxin Fruit and Juice Ltd are engaged in the production of fruit and vegetable juice concentrates and beverages. Its core business is a production of concentrated apple juice mainly for export to in the United States, European Union, South Africa, Canada, Japan and Australia. The concentrated apple juice produced is used as an ingredient in packet juice drinks, soft drinks, cider, yoghurt, and candies. The company also produces animal feed using apple pomace generated from the production process of apple juice concentrate.

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