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Highway Holdings (Highway Holdings) Interest Coverage

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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. Highway Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.20 Mil. Highway Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. 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. Highway Holdings Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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


HIHO's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 13.755
* 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.


Highway Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Highway 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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Highway Holdings Annual Data
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Highway Holdings Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison

For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Highway 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.


Highway Holdings Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Highway Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Highway 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.

Highway 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, Highway Holdings's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.48 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.48 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Highway Holdings's interest coverage with the available data.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Highway Holdings's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.20 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.01 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Highway Holdings's interest coverage with the available data.

* 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.


Highway Holdings  (NAS:HIHO) 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 .


Highway Holdings Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Highway Holdings (Highway Holdings) Business Description

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Address
Level 18, Landmark North 39 Lung Sum Avenue, Suite No.1801, Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong, HKG
Highway Holdings Ltd is a holding company. The company is a manufacturer of metal, plastic, electric and electronic components for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and contract manufacturers. Its operating segment includes Metal stamping and mechanical OEM and Electric OEM. The metal stamping segment focuses on the manufacturing and sale of metal parts and components. The company generates maximum revenue from the Metal stamping and mechanical OEM segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Europe and also has a presence in Hong Kong and China, North America, and Other Asian countries.
Executives
Zeff Capital, Lp 10 percent owner 400 S. MCCADDEN PL., LOS ANGELES CA 90020

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