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DSC Securities (HSTC:DSC) Interest Coverage : 0.04 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is DSC Securities 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. DSC Securities's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was ₫1,040 Mil. DSC Securities's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was ₫-27,068 Mil. DSC Securities's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.04. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. DSC Securities Corp interest coverage is 1.39, which is low.

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

HSTC:DSC' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.29   Med: 1.37   Max: 1.45
Current: 1.39


HSTC:DSC's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
89.44% of 445 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 19.6 vs HSTC:DSC: 1.39

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


DSC Securities Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for DSC Securities'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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DSC Securities Interest Coverage Chart

DSC Securities Annual Data
Trend Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
1.45 1.29

DSC Securities Quarterly Data
Sep23 Dec23 Sep24 Dec24
Interest Coverage 1.37 3.05 3.43 0.04

Competitive Comparison of DSC Securities's Interest Coverage

For the Capital Markets subindustry, DSC Securities'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.


DSC Securities's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, DSC Securities's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where DSC Securities's Interest Coverage falls into.



DSC Securities 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.

DSC Securities'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, DSC Securities's Interest Expense was ₫-71,933 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₫92,868 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₫0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*92867.633/-71932.754
=1.29

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2024, DSC Securities's Interest Expense was ₫-27,068 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₫1,040 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₫0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*1039.604/-27068.034
=0.04

* 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.


DSC Securities  (HSTC:DSC) 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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DSC Securities Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2nd Floor, Thanh Cong Building, 80 Dich Vong Hau, Cau Giay, Hanoi, VNM
DSC Securities Corp is a financial consulting and securities investment company. It provides financial services, Investment consulting, Account services, Securities Trading, and Money transactions.

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