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COFCO Joycome Foods (HKSE:01610) Interest Coverage : 4.94 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is COFCO Joycome Foods 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. COFCO Joycome Foods's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$331 Mil. COFCO Joycome Foods's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-67 Mil. COFCO Joycome Foods's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.94. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for COFCO Joycome Foods's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:01610' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.58   Med: 6.98   Max: 9.38
Current: 4.58


HKSE:01610's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
63.12% of 1383 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.52 vs HKSE:01610: 4.58

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


COFCO Joycome Foods Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for COFCO Joycome Foods'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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COFCO Joycome Foods Interest Coverage Chart

COFCO Joycome Foods Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 9.38 - 4.58

COFCO Joycome Foods Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Dec14 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 17.69 - - 4.27 4.94

Competitive Comparison of COFCO Joycome Foods's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, COFCO Joycome Foods'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.


COFCO Joycome Foods's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, COFCO Joycome Foods's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where COFCO Joycome Foods's Interest Coverage falls into.



COFCO Joycome Foods 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.

COFCO Joycome Foods'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, COFCO Joycome Foods's Interest Expense was HK$-145 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$663 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$526 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*662.522/-144.637
=4.58

COFCO Joycome Foods's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, COFCO Joycome Foods's Interest Expense was HK$-67 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$331 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$526 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*330.772/-66.931
=4.94

* 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.


COFCO Joycome Foods  (HKSE:01610) 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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COFCO Joycome Foods (HKSE:01610) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No.8, Chao Yang Men South Street, COFCO Fortune Plaza, Chao Yang District, Beijing, CHN
COFCO Joycome Foods Ltd is engaged in the feed production, hog production, slaughtering and cutting, production, distribution and sale of fresh pork and processed meat products, import and distribution of meat products (including pork, beef, poultry and mutton). Its segments include Hog production segment represents hog breeding and sales of hogs; Fresh pork segment represents slaughtering, wholesale and retail sales of fresh and frozen meats; Processed meat products segment represents manufacture, wholesale and retail sales of processed meat products; and Meat import segment represents sales of imported meat products. Geographically it derives revenue from Mainland China.
Executives
Shang Hai Ning Quan Zi Chan Guan Li You Xian Gong Si 2102 Investment manager
Cofco (hong Kong) Limited
Cofco Corporation

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