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Be Friends Holding (HKSE:01450) Interest Coverage : 15.91 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Be Friends Holding 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. Be Friends Holding's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was HK$111 Mil. Be Friends Holding's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was HK$-7 Mil. Be Friends Holding's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 15.91. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Be Friends Holding's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:01450' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.41   Med: 9.53   Max: 28.4
Current: 9.23


HKSE:01450's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
66.69% of 1666 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.01 vs HKSE:01450: 9.23

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


Be Friends Holding Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Be Friends Holding'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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Be Friends Holding Interest Coverage Chart

Be Friends Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 1.41 9.53 9.20

Be Friends Holding Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 5.69 10.81 8.82 15.91 2.45

Competitive Comparison of Be Friends Holding's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Application subindustry, Be Friends Holding'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.


Be Friends Holding's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Be Friends Holding's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Be Friends Holding's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Be Friends Holding 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.

Be Friends Holding'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, Be Friends Holding's Interest Expense was HK$-16 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$149 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$46 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*148.564/-15.583
=9.53

Be Friends Holding's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2024, Be Friends Holding's Interest Expense was HK$-7 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$111 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$66 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*110.589/-6.952
=15.91

* 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.


Be Friends Holding  (HKSE:01450) 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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Be Friends Holding Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 601 Qiuyi Road Changhe Street, Building 5, (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, CHN, 310056
Be Friends Holding Ltd engaged in the provision of new media services; application solutions; sales of self-developed products; and system maintenance services, for the all-media industry in the People's Republic of China (the PRC). The Group has operations mainly in the PRC. The company's segments include New media services; and Television broadcasting business. It derives the majority of its revenue from the New media services segment.
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