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SMIT Holdings (HKSE:02239) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is SMIT Holdings 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. SMIT Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was HK$-22.7 Mil. SMIT Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was HK$-0.2 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for SMIT Holdings's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


HKSE:02239's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 13.43
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


SMIT Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for SMIT Holdings'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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SMIT Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of SMIT Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, SMIT Holdings'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.


SMIT Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SMIT Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SMIT Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.


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SMIT Holdings 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.

SMIT Holdings'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, SMIT Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-0.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$-40.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$4.5 Mil.

SMIT Holdings did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

SMIT Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, SMIT Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-0.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$-22.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$4.5 Mil.

SMIT Holdings did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


SMIT Holdings  (HKSE:02239) 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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SMIT Holdings Business Description

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Address
16 Science Park East Avenue, 1st Floor, Harbour View 2, Hong Kong Science Park Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, HKG
SMIT Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. The Company operates as one security device provider for pay television (TV) broadcasting access worldwide and for mobile point-of-sale (mPOS), or mPOS payment systems in China. The Company's mPOS products are designed to be used primarily by business enterprises for secure and convenient payment transactions. It sells its mPOS devices in China to hardware-based mobile payment service providers, which utilize its mPOS devices in conjunction with their own mobile applications to enable end users to make mobile payment transactions. The Company's conditional access modules, or conditional access module (CAM) products are used to provide end users with access to pay TV content.
Executives
Zhang Shiyun 2202 Interest of your spouse
Ever Expert Holdings Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Huang Xueliang 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Shen Zhen Qian Hai Guo Wei Tou Zi You Xian Gong Si 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you

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