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Walnut Capital (HKSE:00905) Interest Coverage : 189.60 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Walnut Capital 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. Walnut Capital's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was HK$19.15 Mil. Walnut Capital's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was HK$-0.10 Mil. Walnut Capital's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 189.60. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HKSE:00905' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.19   Med: 26.98   Max: 52.75
Current: 1.19


HKSE:00905's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
90.93% of 452 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 43.915 vs HKSE:00905: 1.19

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


Walnut Capital Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Walnut Capital'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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Walnut Capital Interest Coverage Chart

Walnut Capital Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
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Walnut Capital Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Walnut Capital's Interest Coverage

For the Asset Management subindustry, Walnut Capital'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.


Walnut Capital's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Walnut Capital's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Walnut Capital 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.

Walnut Capital's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Walnut Capital's Interest Expense was HK$-0.20 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$0.24 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*0.239/-0.2
=1.20

Walnut Capital's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, Walnut Capital's Interest Expense was HK$-0.10 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$19.15 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*19.15/-0.101
=189.60

* 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.


Walnut Capital  (HKSE:00905) 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 .


Walnut Capital Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Walnut Capital Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
168-200 Connaught Road, Unit 3107, 31st Floor, Shun Tak Centre, West Tower, Central, Hong Kong, HKG
Walnut Capital Ltd is an investment holding company. The principal activity of the company is to invest in listed and unlisted companies mainly in Hong Kong and the PRC. Its investment portfolio consists of a portfolio of listed equity securities and debt securities and direct investment in unlisted equity securities.
Executives
China Lead Investment Holdings Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Mung Bun Man Alan 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you

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