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CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (SGX:A17U) Interest Coverage : 3.48 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is CapitaLand Ascendas REIT 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. CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was S$463 Mil. CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was S$-133 Mil. CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.48. 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. CapitaLand Ascendas REIT interest coverage is 3.66, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SGX:A17U' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.66   Med: 5.08   Max: 6.06
Current: 3.66


SGX:A17U's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
58.73% of 676 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.985 vs SGX:A17U: 3.66

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


CapitaLand Ascendas REIT Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for CapitaLand Ascendas REIT'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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CapitaLand Ascendas REIT Interest Coverage Chart

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.78 4.36 5.12 4.76 3.68

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 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 4.76 5.26 4.22 3.86 3.48

Competitive Comparison of CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's Interest Coverage

For the REIT - Industrial subindustry, CapitaLand Ascendas REIT'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.


CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's Interest Coverage Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's Interest Coverage falls into.



CapitaLand Ascendas REIT 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.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT'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, CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's Interest Expense was S$-250 Mil. Its Operating Income was S$920 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was S$6,074 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*920.38/-250.407
=3.68

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, CapitaLand Ascendas REIT's Interest Expense was S$-133 Mil. Its Operating Income was S$463 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was S$6,074 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*463.315/-133.005
=3.48

* 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.


CapitaLand Ascendas REIT  (SGX:A17U) 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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CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (SGX:A17U) Business Description

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Address
168 Robinson Road, No. 30-01 Capital Tower, Singapore, SGP, 068912
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT is a real estate investment trust focusing on the industrial and business space. As of Dec. 31, 2022, it held a SGD 16.4 billion portfolio of 220 properties across Singapore, Australia, Europe, and the U.S. The property types encompass business and science parks, high-specification industrial properties, data centers, light industrial properties, and logistics and distribution centers. The trust is externally managed by Ascendas Funds Management, a subsidiary of CapitaLand Investment, which owns an 18% stake in the trust.

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