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JY Gas (HKSE:01407) Interest Coverage : 134.02 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is JY Gas 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. JY Gas's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$18.8 Mil. JY Gas's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-0.1 Mil. JY Gas's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 134.02. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. JY Gas Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

HKSE:01407' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.62   Med: 22.21   Max: 64.51
Current: 64.51


HKSE:01407's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
89.6% of 452 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.855 vs HKSE:01407: 64.51

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


JY Gas Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for JY Gas'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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JY Gas Interest Coverage Chart

JY Gas Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
2.62 4.94 22.21 42.29 64.50

JY Gas Semi-Annual Data
Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial N/A 32.63 57.59 45.79 134.02

Competitive Comparison of JY Gas's Interest Coverage

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, JY Gas'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.


JY Gas's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, JY Gas's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



JY Gas 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.

JY Gas's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, JY Gas's Interest Expense was HK$-0.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$42.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$2.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*42.573/-0.66
=64.50

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, JY Gas's Interest Expense was HK$-0.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$18.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$2.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*18.763/-0.14
=134.02

* 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.


JY Gas  (HKSE:01407) 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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JY Gas (HKSE:01407) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 2568 Shi’an Road (West), 3rd Floor, Jiaoyun Group Building, Gaomi City, Weifang Municipality, Shandong Provinc, Weifang, CHN
JY Gas Ltd is a natural gas operator in Gaomi City, Weifang Municipality of Shandong Province. The company derives revenue from the sale of natural gas. Natural gas which it sells includes pipeline natural gas, compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas. The sale of pipelined natural gas is its principal business.
Executives
Luan Xiaolong 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Zhou Zhan 2202 Interest of your spouse
Lxl Phoenix Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Cui Shuhua 2202 Interest of your spouse
Llj Phoenix Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Luan Linjiang 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Sdjy Holding Limited 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Segm Holding Limited 2101 Beneficial owner

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