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Qilu Expressway Co (HKSE:01576) Interest Coverage : 8.11 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Qilu Expressway 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. Qilu Expressway Co's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was HK$336 Mil. Qilu Expressway Co's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was HK$-41 Mil. Qilu Expressway Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 8.11. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HKSE:01576' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.4   Med: 9.58   Max: 16.19
Current: 8.67


HKSE:01576's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
53.81% of 1327 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.31 vs HKSE:01576: 8.67

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


Qilu Expressway Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Qilu Expressway 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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Qilu Expressway Co Interest Coverage Chart

Qilu Expressway Co 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 8.06 9.86 11.32 10.30 8.66

Qilu Expressway Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec15 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 11.76 10.77 9.69 9.29 8.11

Competitive Comparison of Qilu Expressway Co's Interest Coverage

For the Infrastructure Operations subindustry, Qilu Expressway 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.


Qilu Expressway Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Qilu Expressway Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Qilu Expressway Co's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Qilu Expressway 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.

Qilu Expressway 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, Qilu Expressway Co's Interest Expense was HK$-78 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$674 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$10,497 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*673.726/-77.772
=8.66

Qilu Expressway Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, Qilu Expressway Co's Interest Expense was HK$-41 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$336 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$10,497 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*335.773/-41.384
=8.11

* 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.


Qilu Expressway Co  (HKSE:01576) 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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Qilu Expressway Co Business Description

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Address
No. 7000, Jingshi East Road, Zone 3, Hanyu Financial & Business Centre, Room 2301, Block 4, High-tech Zone, Shandong Province, Jinan, CHN
Qilu Expressway Co Ltd is an expressway operator in Shandong province with the concession rights to construct, maintain, operate and management of the Jihe Expressway, the Deshang Expressway and the Shennan Expressway. It has only one reportable segment, Expressway Business. Its operations are located in Mainland China.
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