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Hongkong Land Holdings (Hongkong Land Holdings) Interest Coverage : 3.36 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Hongkong Land 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. Hongkong Land Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $402 Mil. Hongkong Land Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-120 Mil. Hongkong Land Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.36. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HKHGF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.14   Med: 6.32   Max: 10.27
Current: 3.14


HKHGF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
56.01% of 1339 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 4.05 vs HKHGF: 3.14

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


Hongkong Land Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hongkong Land 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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Hongkong Land Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Hongkong Land 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 6.06 5.22 4.48 3.92 3.14

Hongkong Land 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 5.21 3.44 4.46 2.92 3.36

Competitive Comparison of Hongkong Land Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, Hongkong Land 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.


Hongkong Land Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

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

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



Hongkong Land 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.

Hongkong Land 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, Hongkong Land Holdings's Interest Expense was $-243 Mil. Its Operating Income was $763 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,785 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*763.4/-243.3
=3.14

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Hongkong Land Holdings's Interest Expense was $-120 Mil. Its Operating Income was $402 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,785 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*402.3/-119.6
=3.36

* 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.


Hongkong Land Holdings  (OTCPK:HKHGF) 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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Hongkong Land Holdings (Hongkong Land Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
33-35 Street, Jardine House, 4th Floor, Hamilton, BMU
Hongkong Land is a property investor focusing on holding prime commercial assets in Hong Kong, mainland China and Singapore. It is the largest office landlord in Hong Kong's Central Business District and the second largest in Hong Kong overall. The Central portfolio includes 4.1 million square feet of office space and 0.6 million square feet of retail space. The company also holds 1.6 million square feet of office space in Singapore. The company also has property development business in mainland China, Singapore, and Southeast Asia. Hongkong Land is dual listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Singapore Exchange. Jardine Matheson Holdings owns 53% of the company.

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