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Hong Fok (SGX:H30) Interest Coverage : 1.04 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Hong Fok 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. Hong Fok's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was S$19.0 Mil. Hong Fok's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was S$-18.2 Mil. Hong Fok's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 1.04. 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. Hong Fok Corp Ltd interest coverage is 1.15, which is low.

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

SGX:H30' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.39   Med: 1.6   Max: 3.07
Current: 1.15


SGX:H30's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
83.63% of 1313 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 3.97 vs SGX:H30: 1.15

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


Hong Fok Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hong Fok'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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Hong Fok Interest Coverage Chart

Hong Fok Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.98 2.32 3.07 1.45 1.20

Hong Fok Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 3.63 1.45 1.30 1.26 1.04

Competitive Comparison of Hong Fok's Interest Coverage

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Hong Fok'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.


Hong Fok's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Hong Fok's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hong Fok's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Hong Fok 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.

Hong Fok'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, Hong Fok's Interest Expense was S$-35.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was S$42.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was S$659.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*42.752/-35.593
=1.20

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, Hong Fok's Interest Expense was S$-18.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was S$19.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was S$659.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*18.955/-18.247
=1.04

* 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.


Hong Fok  (SGX:H30) 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 .


Hong Fok Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Hong Fok Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
300 Beach Road, No. 41-00, The Concourse, Singapore, SGP, 199555
Hong Fok Corp Ltd is an investment holding company. The principal activities of the company consist of investment, property development and construction, property management, investment trading, provision of horticultural services, and investment holding and management. The company has three reportable segments: Property investment, which includes investments in investment properties; Property development and construction, which develops retail and residential units, including the sale of residential units, and construction of a hotel; and Property management, which provides maintenance and management services. It generates majority of its revenue from the Property development and construction segment.

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