Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group (HKSE:01428) Interest Coverage: 5.02 (As of Sep. 2025) — 51% Above Median

Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group  (HKSE:01428) 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 .

Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group Interest Coverage Related Terms

The historical data trend for Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group'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.

Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group Interest Coverage Chart

Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group Annual Data
	Trend	Mar17	Mar18	Mar19	Mar20	Mar21	Mar22	Mar23	Mar24	Mar25	Mar26
Interest Coverage		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					4.82	4.30	2.07	2.36	3.76

Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group Semi-Annual Data
	Sep16	Mar17	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23	Mar24	Sep24	Mar25	Sep25	Mar26
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.77	2.42	2.30	5.02	2.99

HKSE:01428 vs MS, GS, SCHW: Interest Coverage Comparison

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group'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.

Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group Interest Coverage vs Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group's Interest Coverage falls into.

Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group 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

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

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

Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2025, Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group's Interest Expense was HK$-214 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$504 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$3 Mil.

Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2025, Bright Smart Securitiesmmodities Group's Interest Expense was HK$-58 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$293 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$6 Mil.

* 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.

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