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Guoco Group (Guoco Group) Interest Coverage : 2.15 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Guoco Group 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. Guoco Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $297 Mil. Guoco Group's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-138 Mil. Guoco Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.15. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

GULRY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.21   Med: 2.77   Max: 8.2
Current: 1.63


GULRY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
79.13% of 393 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 5.15 vs GULRY: 1.63

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


Guoco Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guoco Group'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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Guoco Group Interest Coverage Chart

Guoco Group Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.75 1.45 0.21 2.10 1.13

Guoco Group 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 3.60 0.73 1.34 0.98 2.15

Competitive Comparison of Guoco Group's Interest Coverage

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Guoco Group'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.


Guoco Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Guoco Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guoco Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Guoco Group 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.

Guoco Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, Guoco Group's Interest Expense was $-188 Mil. Its Operating Income was $213 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,716 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*213.159/-188.259
=1.13

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Guoco Group's Interest Expense was $-138 Mil. Its Operating Income was $297 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,963 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*297.419/-138.144
=2.15

* 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.


Guoco Group  (OTCPK:GULRY) 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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Guoco Group (Guoco Group) Business Description

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Address
99 Queen's Road Central, 50th Floor, The Center, Hong Kong, HKG
Guoco Group Ltd is a holdings company engaged in investment and financial businesses globally. The company operates in four main segments: principal investment, property development and investment, hospitality and leisure, and financial services. It generates additional revenue from oil and gas production. Principal investment segment covers direct and equity investments, and treasury operations. The property development and investment segment, develops residential and commercial properties in China and Southeast Asia. The main revenue driver, hospitality and leisure segment owns, leases, and manages hotels, and operates gaming businesses in the UK, Spain and Belgium. The financial-services segment includes commercial, consumer and investment banking, as well as insurance services.

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