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AIABF (Capital A Bhd) Interest Coverage : 0.44 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Capital A Bhd 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. Capital A Bhd's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $30 Mil. Capital A Bhd's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-69 Mil. Capital A Bhd's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.44. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Capital A Bhds earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Capital A Bhd's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

AIABF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.1   Med: 1.53   Max: 2.98
Current: 0.67


AIABF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
95.23% of 818 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.815 vs AIABF: 0.67

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


Capital A Bhd Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Capital A Bhd'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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Capital A Bhd Interest Coverage Chart

Capital A Bhd Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Capital A Bhd Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Capital A Bhd's Interest Coverage

For the Airlines subindustry, Capital A Bhd'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.


Capital A Bhd's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Capital A Bhd's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Capital A Bhd's Interest Coverage falls into.



Capital A Bhd 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.

Capital A Bhd'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, Capital A Bhd's Interest Expense was $-253 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,797 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1.104/-253.148
=0.00

Capital A Bhd's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Capital A Bhd's Interest Expense was $-69 Mil. Its Operating Income was $30 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,162 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*30.052/-68.687
=0.44

* 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.


Capital A Bhd  (OTCPK:AIABF) 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 .


Capital A Bhd Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Capital A Bhd Business Description

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Address
RedQ, Jalan Pekeliling 5, Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa, Kuala Lumpur, SGR, MYS, 64000
Capital A Bhd provides air transportation throughout Asia. The airline operator focuses on delivering lower fares without a host of other amenities. Its operating segments include Aviation, Asia Digital Engineering, Move, Teleport, BigPay, Santan, and Others. The company's geographical segments include Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and others, of which the vast majority of its revenue comes from Malaysia.

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