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Huaxin Cement Co (SHSE:600801) Interest Coverage : 5.21 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Huaxin Cement 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. Huaxin Cement Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥850 Mil. Huaxin Cement Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥-163 Mil. Huaxin Cement Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 5.21. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Huaxin Cement Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SHSE:600801' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.78   Med: 9.78   Max: 39.69
Current: 6.57


SHSE:600801's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
51.66% of 302 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 6.195 vs SHSE:600801: 6.57

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


Huaxin Cement Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Huaxin Cement 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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Huaxin Cement Co Interest Coverage Chart

Huaxin Cement Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
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Huaxin Cement Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 2.70 7.40 4.85 9.47 5.21

Competitive Comparison of Huaxin Cement Co's Interest Coverage

For the Building Materials subindustry, Huaxin Cement 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.


Huaxin Cement Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Huaxin Cement Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Huaxin Cement Co's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Huaxin Cement 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.

Huaxin Cement Co'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, Huaxin Cement Co's Interest Expense was ¥-730 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥4,241 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥13,023 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*4241.478/-730.389
=5.81

Huaxin Cement Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Huaxin Cement Co's Interest Expense was ¥-163 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥850 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥14,353 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*850.274/-163.121
=5.21

* 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.


Huaxin Cement Co  (SHSE:600801) 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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Huaxin Cement Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Gaoxin Avenue, No. 426, Block B, Huaxin Building, East Lake High-tech Development Zone, Hubei Province, Wuhan, CHN, 430073
Huaxin Cement Co Ltd is engaged in the manufacture and sale of cement, concrete, clinker, aggregate, and other building materials. The company is also engaged in environmental protection, equipment manufacturing, Project consulting, and high-tech building materials.
Executives
Chen Qian senior management
Xu Gang senior management
Ye Jia Xing senior management
Li Ye Qing Director
Zhang Lin Supervisors
Ming Jin Hua Supervisors
Wang Jia Jun senior management
Tang Jun senior management
Du Ping senior management
Mei Xiang Fu senior management
Yang Hong Bing senior management
Lu Guo Bing senior management
Liu Feng Shan Directors, senior managers
Liu Yun Xia senior management
Yuan De Zu senior management

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