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Mexan (HKSE:00022) Interest Coverage : 0.19 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Mexan 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. Mexan's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$0.6 Mil. Mexan's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$-3.4 Mil. Mexan's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.19. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


HKSE:00022's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Travel & Leisure industry.
Industry Median: 5.115
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Mexan Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mexan'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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Mexan Interest Coverage Chart

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Mexan Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Mexan's Interest Coverage

For the Lodging subindustry, Mexan'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.


Mexan's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Mexan's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Mexan 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.

Mexan's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Mexan's Interest Expense was HK$-2.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$-24.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$76.5 Mil.

Mexan did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Mexan's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Mexan's Interest Expense was HK$-3.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$0.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$75.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*0.646/-3.417
=0.19

* 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.


Mexan  (HKSE:00022) 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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Mexan (HKSE:00022) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 1 Tsing Yi Road, 7th Floor, Winland 800 Hotel, Hotel 2, Rambler Crest, Tsing Yi, New Territories, Hong Kong, HKG
Mexan Ltd is a Hong-Kong based company. It is involved in the lodging business sector. The principal activities of the group include property investment, hotel operation, and investment holding. The company has two reportable segments such as Hotel operation includes letting of hotel rooms to non-contracted sales agents and walk-in customers, food and beverage income, miscellaneous sales, and laundry services income net of discounts and Trading of building materials and fit-out construction service includes supply of furniture and building materials and provisions of the design and fit-out construction service. The firm generates its revenue from hotel operations. Geographically the company operates in Hong Kong.
Executives
Lun Yiu Kay Edwin
Winland Stock (bvi) Limited 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Winland Wealth (bvi) Limited 2101 Beneficial owner

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