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Hebei Yichen Industrial Group (HKSE:01596) Interest Coverage : 10.50 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Hebei Yichen Industrial Group 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. Hebei Yichen Industrial Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$99 Mil. Hebei Yichen Industrial Group's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-9 Mil. Hebei Yichen Industrial Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.50. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Hebei Yichen Industrial Group's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:01596' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.13   Med: 14.2   Max: 27.19
Current: 7.33


HKSE:01596's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
58.59% of 821 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.34 vs HKSE:01596: 7.33

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


Hebei Yichen Industrial Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hebei Yichen Industrial 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.

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Hebei Yichen Industrial Group Interest Coverage Chart

Hebei Yichen Industrial Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Hebei Yichen Industrial Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 16.92 9.27 5.52 4.59 10.50

Competitive Comparison of Hebei Yichen Industrial Group's Interest Coverage

For the Railroads subindustry, Hebei Yichen Industrial 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.


Hebei Yichen Industrial Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Hebei Yichen Industrial Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hebei Yichen Industrial Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Hebei Yichen Industrial 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

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.

Hebei Yichen Industrial Group'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, Hebei Yichen Industrial Group's Interest Expense was HK$-20 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$150 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$164 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*149.524/-20.41
=7.33

Hebei Yichen Industrial Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Hebei Yichen Industrial Group's Interest Expense was HK$-9 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$99 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$164 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*99.159/-9.445
=10.50

* 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.


Hebei Yichen Industrial Group  (HKSE:01596) 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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Hebei Yichen Industrial Group (HKSE:01596) Business Description

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Address
No. 1 Yichen North Street, Gaocheng District, Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, CHN
Hebei Yichen Industrial Group Corp Ltd is one of the leading rail fastening system providers in the PRC, with the business focusing on three business segments namely Rail Fastening System Products; Welding Wire Products; and Railway Sleeper Products. Its maximum revenue is generated by the Rail fastening system segment. Some of its product includes the Spring bar type IV fastener system; the WJ-7 type fastener system; the DT-VI2 fastener system; Double-layer nonlinear shock-absorbing fastener system; the Spring bar II type fastener system and others.

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