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China Foods (China Foods) Interest Coverage : 156.98 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is China Foods 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. China Foods's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $71 Mil. China Foods's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0 Mil. China Foods's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 156.98. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. China Foods Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

The historical rank and industry rank for China Foods's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

CHFHY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.37   Med: 20.16   Max: 443.95
Current: 349.25


CHFHY's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
84.81% of 79 companies
in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 19.64 vs CHFHY: 349.25

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 Foods Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Foods'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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China Foods Interest Coverage Chart

China Foods Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17.47 41.42 293.35 444.06 349.34

China Foods 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 228.14 626.11 263.61 706.49 156.98

Competitive Comparison of China Foods's Interest Coverage

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, China Foods'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.


China Foods's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where China Foods's Interest Coverage falls into.



China Foods 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.

China Foods'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, China Foods's Interest Expense was $-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $243 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*243.142/-0.696
=349.34

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, China Foods's Interest Expense was $-0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $71 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*70.954/-0.452
=156.98

* 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.


China Foods  (OTCPK:CHFHY) 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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China Foods (China Foods) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
262 Gloucester Road, 33rd Floor, COFCO Tower, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, HKG
China Foods Ltd is an investment holding company that operates in the beverage business. It offers twenty-four brands of products in eleven major types of beverages, which include sparkling drink, juice, water, milk drink, energy drink, tea, coffee, functional nutrition drink, sports drink, plant-based protein drink, and alcoholic drink. Geographically, it derives the majority of revenue from Mainland China.

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