Hightech Payment Systems (CAS:HPS) Interest Coverage: N/A (As of Dec. 2025)

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CAS:HPS Hightech Payment Systems SA CAS:HPS
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Price MAD645.00
GF Value MAD824.83
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
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What is Hightech Payment Systems 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. Hightech Payment Systems's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was MAD183 Mil. Hightech Payment Systems's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was MAD0 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Hightech Payment Systems's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

CAS:HPS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.51   Med: 12.97   Max: 26.85
Current: 5.51


CAS:HPS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
76.63% of 1720 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 26.06 vs CAS:HPS: 5.51

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


Hightech Payment Systems  (CAS:HPS) 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 .


Hightech Payment Systems Interest Coverage Related Terms


Hightech Payment Systems Interest Coverage Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Hightech Payment Systems'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.

Hightech Payment Systems Interest Coverage Chart

Hightech Payment Systems Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.47 11.86 5.96 5.95 6.60

Hightech Payment Systems Semi-Annual Data
Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
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 24.95 24.02 6.70 0.91 N/A

CAS:HPS vs MSFT, ORCL, PLTR: Interest Coverage Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Hightech Payment Systems'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.


Hightech Payment Systems Interest Coverage vs Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Hightech Payment Systems's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hightech Payment Systems's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Hightech Payment Systems 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.

Hightech Payment Systems's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025, Hightech Payment Systems's Interest Expense was MAD-33 Mil. Its Operating Income was MAD220 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was MAD452 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2025 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2025 )
=-1*219.702/-33.288
=6.60

Hightech Payment Systems's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2025, Hightech Payment Systems's Interest Expense was MAD0 Mil. Its Operating Income was MAD183 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was MAD452 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Hightech Payment Systems'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.

Is Hightech Payment Systems (CAS:HPS) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Hightech Payment Systems stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of MAD645.00 is trading 21.8% below its estimated GF Value™ of MAD824.83. GuruFocus considers Hightech Payment Systems to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for CAS:HPS:

  • Interest Coverage: N/A
  • GF Value™: MAD824.83 vs. price of MAD645.00 (21.8% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 100/100 with 4 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the CAS:HPS stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Hightech Payment Systems Business Description

Address 1100, Boulevard Al Qods - Sidi Maarouf, Casablanca Nearshore Park, Shore 1, Casablanca, MAR, 20270
Hightech Payment Systems SA is the group that provides solutions and services involving electronic payment. The company provides its clients with technology solutions that transcend the entire payments value chain, enabling them to innovate rapidly and bring new products to market with ease and efficiency using HPS' PowerCARD software. The PowerCARD suite is fully integrated with all international payment networks, and supports all back-office payments functions. The company's software and services are sold covering many geographical areas such as Europe, Americas, Africa and the Middle East and Asia. The group's majority revenue is generated from Africa.
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