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Founder Holdings (Founder Holdings) Interest Coverage : 2,583.33 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Founder Holdings 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. Founder Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $23.3 Mil. Founder Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.0 Mil. Founder Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2,583.33. 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. Founder Holdings Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

FHGDF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.46   Med: 27.44   Max: 1436.39
Current: 1436.39


FHGDF's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
84.33% of 1602 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.315 vs FHGDF: 1436.39

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


Founder Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Founder 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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Founder Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Founder Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.69 130.83 1,336.05 654.80 1,427.57

Founder Holdings 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 1,336.27 109.95 1,225.95 610.00 2,583.33

Competitive Comparison of Founder Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Application subindustry, Founder 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.


Founder Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Founder Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Founder 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.

Founder Holdings'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, Founder Holdings's Interest Expense was $-0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $30.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*29.979/-0.021
=1,427.57

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Founder Holdings's Interest Expense was $-0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $23.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*23.25/-0.009
=2,583.33

* 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.


Founder Holdings  (OTCPK:FHGDF) 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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Founder Holdings (Founder Holdings) Business Description

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Address
9 Hoi Shing Road, Unit 1408, 14th Floor, New Territories, Cable TV Tower, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, HKG
Founder Holdings Ltd is engaged in software development and systems integration. It operates in the business division of the provision of software development and system integration and information products distribution. Geographically, the company operates in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and other countries, of which key revenue is generated from Mainland China. The group serves in the fields of printing, media, publishing, big data, and fonts library.

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