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Kantone Holdings (HKSE:01059) Interest Coverage : 57.36 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kantone 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. Kantone Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$16.9 Mil. Kantone Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-0.3 Mil. Kantone Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 57.36. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HKSE:01059' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.23   Med: 55.16   Max: 1724.81
Current: 9.65


HKSE:01059's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
67.79% of 1602 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.785 vs HKSE:01059: 9.65

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


Kantone Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kantone 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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Kantone Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Kantone Holdings Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
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Kantone 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 6.73 1.06 34.77 - 57.36

Competitive Comparison of Kantone Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Kantone 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.


Kantone Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Kantone 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.

Kantone Holdings's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, Kantone Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-1.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$-0.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$1.9 Mil.

Kantone Holdings did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Kantone Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-0.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$16.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$2.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*16.865/-0.294
=57.36

* 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.


Kantone Holdings  (HKSE:01059) 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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Kantone Holdings (HKSE:01059) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
188 Connaught Road West, Unit 4213, 42nd Floor, Hong Kong, HKG
Kantone Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. The company's operating segment includes Sales of cultural products; Technology: System sales including software licensing and services and Technology: Leasing of system products. It generates maximum revenue from the Technology: System sales including software licensing and services segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Europe.
Executives
Innovative City Investments Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Chan Koon Wa 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you

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