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Oriental Watch Holdings (HKSE:00398) Interest Coverage : 26.07 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Oriental Watch 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. Oriental Watch Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$189 Mil. Oriental Watch Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$-7 Mil. Oriental Watch Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 26.07. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Oriental Watch Holdings's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:00398' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.8   Med: 30.78   Max: 67.84
Current: 25.49


HKSE:00398's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
73.06% of 761 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 7.78 vs HKSE:00398: 25.49

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


Oriental Watch Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Oriental Watch 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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Oriental Watch Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Oriental Watch Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
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Oriental Watch Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 46.51 33.16 33.73 25.00 26.07

Competitive Comparison of Oriental Watch Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Luxury Goods subindustry, Oriental Watch 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.


Oriental Watch Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Oriental Watch Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Oriental Watch Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



Oriental Watch 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.

Oriental Watch 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, Oriental Watch Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-15 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$417 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$230 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*416.518/-14.612
=28.51

Oriental Watch Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Oriental Watch Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-7 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$189 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$132 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*188.751/-7.239
=26.07

* 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.


Oriental Watch Holdings  (HKSE:00398) 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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Oriental Watch Holdings (HKSE:00398) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
111 Connaught Road Central, Wing On Centre, 19th Floor, Hong Kong, HKG
Oriental Watch Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. Along with its subsidiaries, the company is engaged in the sales of watches. It operates in Hong Kong, the PRC, Macau, and Taiwan, of which a majority of revenue is generated from the PRC. The group sells its products through retail stores under the brand name Rolex, Tudor, Piaget, Vacheron Constantin, Audemars Piguet, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Girard Perregaux, Longines, and Omega, among others.

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