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Huang Hsiang Construction (TPE:2545) Interest Coverage : 4.81 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Huang Hsiang Construction 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. Huang Hsiang Construction's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$812 Mil. Huang Hsiang Construction's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-169 Mil. Huang Hsiang Construction's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.81. 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. Huang Hsiang Construction Corp interest coverage is 3.09, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Huang Hsiang Construction's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:2545' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.94   Med: 2.9   Max: 10.37
Current: 3.09


TPE:2545's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
56.07% of 1334 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 3.97 vs TPE:2545: 3.09

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


Huang Hsiang Construction Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Huang Hsiang Construction'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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Huang Hsiang Construction Interest Coverage Chart

Huang Hsiang Construction 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 1.01 5.75 7.50 3.82 1.97

Huang Hsiang Construction Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.45 - 1.33 6.08 4.81

Competitive Comparison of Huang Hsiang Construction's Interest Coverage

For the Real Estate - Diversified subindustry, Huang Hsiang Construction'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.


Huang Hsiang Construction's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Huang Hsiang Construction's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Huang Hsiang Construction's Interest Coverage falls into.



Huang Hsiang Construction 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.

Huang Hsiang Construction'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, Huang Hsiang Construction's Interest Expense was NT$-637 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$1,253 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$13,825 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1253.297/-636.66
=1.97

Huang Hsiang Construction's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Huang Hsiang Construction's Interest Expense was NT$-169 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$812 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$13,887 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*812.199/-168.703
=4.81

* 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.


Huang Hsiang Construction  (TPE:2545) 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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Huang Hsiang Construction (TPE:2545) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Number 38, Bo'ai Road, 8th Floor, Zhongzheng District, Taipei, TWN
Huang Hsiang Construction Corp is principally engaged in the development of residential properties, the lease or sales of commercial buildings, comprehensive constructions, the development of specific districts, and hotel operations. The group has three operating segments: Development department which is engaged in the development of commercial and residential buildings for leasing and sales; Construction department which is engaged in the business of construction and civil engineering; Hotel department which is engaged in the business of accommodation and catering services. The company generates all of its revenue from the Taiwan market.

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