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Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings (Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings) Interest Coverage : 8.60 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings 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. Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.49 Mil. Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-0.06 Mil. Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 8.60. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


ZHYBF's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 8.61
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings'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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Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings Annual Data
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Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings'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.


Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings 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.

Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings's Interest Expense was $-0.05 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-1.20 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.60 Mil.

Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings's Interest Expense was $-0.06 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.49 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.64 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*0.49/-0.057
=8.60

* 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.


Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings  (OTCPK:ZHYBF) 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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Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings (Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings) Business Description

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Address
28 Queen’s Road East, Suite 901, Tesbury Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong, HKG
Zhong Yuan Bio-Technology Holdings Ltd is engaged in the business of developing and marketing nervonic acid-based health supplements and sales of acer truncatum seedlings. The company has two reportable segments such as sales of health care supplements and technical supporting services. The company generates its revenue primarily from the sales of health care supplements.
Executives
Tingting Chang director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO RM 1002, 10THFL, LONG HU FUTURE OFFICE, NO. 1 EAST SHI LI PU ROAD, CHAO YANG DISTRICT, BEIJING F4 100024
James M Cassidy director, 10 percent owner, officer: president,secretary,treasurer 215 APOLENA AVENUE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92662
James K Mckillop director, 10 percent owner, officer: Vice President 9454 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 612, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90212

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