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Taizhou Water Group Co (HKSE:01542) Interest Coverage : 0.29 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Taizhou Water Group Co 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. Taizhou Water Group Co's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was HK$21.3 Mil. Taizhou Water Group Co's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was HK$-72.7 Mil. Taizhou Water Group Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.29. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Taizhou Water Group Co Ltds earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Taizhou Water Group Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:01542' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.42   Med: 4.98   Max: 13.09
Current: 0.42


HKSE:01542's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
97.44% of 430 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.595 vs HKSE:01542: 0.42

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


Taizhou Water Group Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Taizhou Water Group Co'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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Taizhou Water Group Co Interest Coverage Chart

Taizhou Water Group Co Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 12.44 13.09 3.21 0.52 0.42

Taizhou Water Group Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec16 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 2.01 0.45 0.58 0.54 0.29

Competitive Comparison of Taizhou Water Group Co's Interest Coverage

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Taizhou Water Group Co'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.


Taizhou Water Group Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Taizhou Water Group Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Taizhou Water Group Co's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Taizhou Water Group Co 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.

Taizhou Water Group Co'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, Taizhou Water Group Co's Interest Expense was HK$-146.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$61.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$3,731.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*61.274/-146.084
=0.42

Taizhou Water Group Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, Taizhou Water Group Co's Interest Expense was HK$-72.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$21.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$3,731.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*21.343/-72.705
=0.29

* 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.


Taizhou Water Group Co  (HKSE:01542) 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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Taizhou Water Group Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 308 Yin Quan Road, Xicheng Street, Huangyan District, Zhejiang Province, Taizhou, CHN
Taizhou Water Group Co Ltd is a water supply service provider in Taizhou that supplies raw water and municipal water. It supplies tap water directly to end users and engages in the installation of water pipelines for distributing tap water to its end users. The company operates in one reportable operating segment, which is water supply and installation of water pipelines. All of the group's revenue is generated from Mainland China.
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