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Vongroup (HKSE:00318) Interest Coverage : 12.42 (As of Oct. 2024)


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What is Vongroup 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. Vongroup's Operating Income for the six months ended in Oct. 2024 was HK$18.8 Mil. Vongroup's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Oct. 2024 was HK$-1.5 Mil. Vongroup's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was 12.42. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HKSE:00318' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.23   Med: 17.79   Max: 85.65
Current: 6.41


HKSE:00318's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
72.33% of 1677 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 26.09 vs HKSE:00318: 6.41

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


Vongroup Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vongroup'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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Vongroup Interest Coverage Chart

Vongroup Annual Data
Trend Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17.52 85.65 32.13 18.99 7.18

Vongroup Semi-Annual Data
Apr15 Oct15 Apr16 Oct16 Apr17 Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23 Apr24 Oct24
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 35.49 9.62 15.93 1.07 12.42

Competitive Comparison of Vongroup's Interest Coverage

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Vongroup'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.


Vongroup's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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


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Vongroup 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.

Vongroup's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2024, Vongroup's Interest Expense was HK$-2.9 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$20.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$0.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Apr. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Apr. 2024 )
=-1*20.783/-2.893
=7.18

Vongroup's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Oct. 2024, Vongroup's Interest Expense was HK$-1.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$18.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$0.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Oct. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Oct. 2024 )
=-1*18.814/-1.515
=12.42

* 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.


Vongroup  (HKSE:00318) 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 .


Vongroup Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Vongroup Business Description

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Address
83 Hung To Road, 17A, EGL Tower, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
Vongroup Ltd is an investment holding company and the operating segment includes Financial, Property, and Technology. The majority of the revenue is generated from the Technology segment which is engaged in the business paradigms such as fintech, cloud, distance business, and virtual technologies. It helps clients to analyze, design, develop, operate, and maintain integrated e-commerce and other online commercials, educational, and biotech platforms and products. Its geographical segments include Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China, and Macau, out of which the majority of revenue comes from Hong Kong.
Executives
Vongroup Holdings Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Vong Tat Ieong David 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Allyking International Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Huang Rong 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Kingston Investment Assets Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Nip Brian Donald 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Wun Kam Hoi 2101 Beneficial owner

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