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Four Seas Mercantile Holdings (HKSE:00374) Interest Coverage : 1.44 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Four Seas Mercantile 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. Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was HK$38 Mil. Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was HK$-26 Mil. Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.44. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HKSE:00374' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.93   Med: 2.6   Max: 10.76
Current: 1.61


HKSE:00374's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 8.36 vs HKSE:00374: 1.61

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


Four Seas Mercantile Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Four Seas Mercantile 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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Four Seas Mercantile Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Four Seas Mercantile Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.93 2.45 2.60 1.91 1.97

Four Seas Mercantile Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24
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 4.26 0.28 2.18 1.80 1.44

Competitive Comparison of Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Four Seas Mercantile 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.


Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Four Seas Mercantile 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.

Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024, Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-49 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$96 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$181 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*95.865/-48.646
=1.97

Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2024, Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-26 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$38 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$136 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*37.828/-26.344
=1.44

* 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.


Four Seas Mercantile Holdings  (HKSE:00374) 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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Four Seas Mercantile Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
No. 23 Wang Tai Road, 21st Floor, Manhattan Place, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
Four Seas Mercantile Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. The company's geographical segment includes Hong Kong; Mainland China and Japan. It generates maximum revenue from Hong Kong. The Hong Kong segment is engaged in the operation of restaurants, the manufacture and trading of snack foods, confectionery, beverages, frozen food products, ham and ham-related products and noodles, as well as the retailing of snack foods, confectionery and beverages, and providing catering services in Hong Kong.
Executives
Special Access Limited
Careful Guide Limited
Advance Finance Investments Limited
Capital Season Investments Limited
Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Limited
Tai Tak Fung
Wu Mei Yung
Manureen Holdings Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Realord Group Holdings Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Lin Xiaohui 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Su Jiaohua 2202 Interest of your spouse

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