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Times China Holdings (FRA:T2H) Interest Coverage : 0.32 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Times China 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. Times China Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was €24 Mil. Times China Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was €-74 Mil. Times China Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 0.32. 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. Times China Holdings Ltd interest coverage is 1.14, which is low.

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

FRA:T2H' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.14   Med: 11.16   Max: 15.51
Current: 1.14


FRA:T2H's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
82.83% of 1316 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 3.895 vs FRA:T2H: 1.14

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


Times China Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Times China 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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Times China Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Times China 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 9.57 7.12 11.97 1.98 1.22

Times China Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
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 0.40 2.48 0.49 1.81 0.32

Competitive Comparison of Times China Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, Times China 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.


Times China Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Times China Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Times China 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.

Times China 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, Times China Holdings's Interest Expense was €-160 Mil. Its Operating Income was €196 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €2,848 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*196.218/-160.316
=1.22

Times China Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2024, Times China Holdings's Interest Expense was €-74 Mil. Its Operating Income was €24 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €2,360 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*23.857/-74.42
=0.32

* 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.


Times China Holdings  (FRA:T2H) 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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Times China Holdings Business Description

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Address
410-412 Dongfeng Zhong Road, 36-38F, Times Property Center, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, CHN, 510030
Times China Holdings Ltd is a real estate company. It is principally engaged in the development and management of residential, and commercial properties, industrial parks, and featured small towns. It operates in three segments: the property development segment develops residential and commercial properties for sale, the Urban redevelopment segment redevelops old towns, old factories, and old villages, and the Property leasing segment engages in the development, leasing, and subleasing of commercial properties owned by the company or third parties.

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