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Project Planning Service PCL (BKK:PPS) Interest Coverage : 0.81 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Project Planning Service PCL 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. Project Planning Service PCL's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ฿2.7 Mil. Project Planning Service PCL's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ฿-3.4 Mil. Project Planning Service PCL's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.81. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Project Planning Service PCL's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

BKK:PPS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.31   Med: 18.02   Max: 57812
Current: 0.31


BKK:PPS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
97.81% of 1326 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.22 vs BKK:PPS: 0.31

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


Project Planning Service PCL Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Project Planning Service PCL'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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Project Planning Service PCL Interest Coverage Chart

Project Planning Service PCL Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.66 1.47 1.17 0.35

Project Planning Service PCL Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 0.57 - 0.97 2.02 0.81

Competitive Comparison of Project Planning Service PCL's Interest Coverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Project Planning Service PCL'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.


Project Planning Service PCL's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Project Planning Service PCL's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Project Planning Service PCL's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Project Planning Service PCL 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.

Project Planning Service PCL's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Project Planning Service PCL's Interest Expense was ฿-14.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was ฿5.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ฿142.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*5.073/-14.505
=0.35

Project Planning Service PCL's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Project Planning Service PCL's Interest Expense was ฿-3.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was ฿2.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ฿21.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*2.744/-3.379
=0.81

* 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.


Project Planning Service PCL  (BKK:PPS) 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 .


Project Planning Service PCL Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Project Planning Service PCL Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Rama IX Road, 381/6 Soi Rama IX 58 (Soi 7, Seree 7), Suanluang, Bangkok, THA, 10250
Project Planning Service PCL is engaged in engineering advisory, project design and content relating to technology, and concert exhibitions. It offers services such as design management, engineering design, project feasibility study, construction management, architectural design, project planning, and engineering procurement and construction services among others. Some of its projects are Holiday Inn Express Samui Bophut, Rhythm Condominium, The park Chidlom, Amway and others. The group operates in Thailand and overseas, out of which the majority revenue is in Thailand.

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