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JF SmartInvest Holdings (HKSE:09636) Interest Coverage : 620.97 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is JF SmartInvest 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. JF SmartInvest Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was HK$481 Mil. JF SmartInvest Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was HK$-1 Mil. JF SmartInvest Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 620.97. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. JF SmartInvest Holdings Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

HKSE:09636' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 102.62   Med: 167.29   Max: No Debt
Current: 159.47


HKSE:09636's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
77.6% of 192 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 16.92 vs HKSE:09636: 159.47

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


JF SmartInvest Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for JF SmartInvest 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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JF SmartInvest Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

JF SmartInvest Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial No Debt 120.38 173.75 102.62 160.83

JF SmartInvest Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 159.69 - 340.48 - 620.97

Competitive Comparison of JF SmartInvest Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, JF SmartInvest 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.


JF SmartInvest Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, JF SmartInvest Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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JF SmartInvest 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.

JF SmartInvest 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, JF SmartInvest Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-2 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$343 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*342.566/-2.13
=160.83

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, JF SmartInvest Holdings's Interest Expense was HK$-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$481 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*480.634/-0.774
=620.97

* 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.


JF SmartInvest Holdings  (HKSE:09636) 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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JF SmartInvest Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
88 Xumin East Road, 16th Floor, Yintech Finance Center, Qingpu District, Shanghai, CHN
JF SmartInvest Holdings Ltd is a next-generation stock investing assistant that provides equity investment tools, securities investment advisory, investor education and other services for individual investors with product offerings such as stock quote software, Stock Learning Machine, Stock Navigator Series, Super Investor and Jiuyao Stocks (small-amount series products). It has developed JF Robo-Advisor, FinSphere Agent, FinSphere Report and other AI products based on its AI and big data technologies, enabling the company to achieve industry leadership in inventive practice and scenario application.
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