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Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co (Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co) Interest Coverage : 20.61 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co 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. Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.31 Mil. Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.21 Mil. Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 20.61. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

LKSGF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 15.67   Med: 44.19   Max: 122.29
Current: 15.67


LKSGF's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
70.26% of 306 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 6.895 vs LKSGF: 15.67

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


Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co'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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Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co Interest Coverage Chart

Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co 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 33.53 42.14 29.63 16.93 15.66

Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 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 17.21 19.44 14.90 12.42 20.61

Competitive Comparison of Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co's Interest Coverage

For the Building Materials subindustry, Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co'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.


Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co 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.

Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co'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, Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co's Interest Expense was $-0.52 Mil. Its Operating Income was $8.21 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*8.206/-0.524
=15.66

Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co's Interest Expense was $-0.21 Mil. Its Operating Income was $4.31 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*4.308/-0.209
=20.61

* 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.


Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co  (OTCPK:LKSGF) 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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Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co (Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
39-41 Sheung Heung Road, 5th Floor, Cheong Wah Factory Building, Tokwawan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Co Ltd is an investment holding company. Its segments include the Cement products segment, the Property Investment segment, the Hotel operation segment, the Property Development segment, and the Corporate and others segment. It derives key revenue from the cement products segment that represents the group's manufacture and sale of cement products for use in the construction industry. The group derives a majority of its revenue from Vietnam followed by Hong Kong and Mainland China.

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