China Telecom (China Telecom) Interest Expense : $-190 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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What is China Telecom Interest Expense?

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money. China Telecom's interest expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $ -90 Mil. Its interest expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-190 Mil.

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. China Telecom's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $ -473 Mil. China Telecom's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $ -90 Mil. China Telecom did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is. Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

China Telecom Interest Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Telecom's Interest Expense can be seen below:

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-583.14

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China Telecom Quarterly Data
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China Telecom Interest Expense Calculation

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money.

Interest Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-190 Mil.

China Telecom (NYSE:CHA) Interest Expense Explanation

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

China Telecom's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-90 Mil. Its Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-473 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,693 Mil.

China Telecom's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

China Telecom did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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China Telecom is the largest fixed-line operator in China, originally covering 21 southern provinces. It has 102 million fixed-line subscribers, 189 million broadband customers, and 406 million wireless subscribers, having overtaken China Unicom to become the second-largest wireless operator in China behind China Mobile. The firm is increasing its cross-selling of products and seeing strong growth from industrial digitization services, such as internet data centers and cloud computing. Its internet data center business is already the largest in China, with a plan to have 560,000 cabinets by end 2023.