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Continental Holdings (TPE:3703) Interest Coverage : 0.36 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Continental Holdings 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. Continental Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was NT$75 Mil. Continental Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was NT$-209 Mil. Continental Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.36. 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. Continental Holdings Corp interest coverage is 1.65, which is low.

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

TPE:3703' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.65   Med: 6.66   Max: 12.09
Current: 1.65


TPE:3703's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
84.08% of 1319 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.1 vs TPE:3703: 1.65

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


Continental Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Continental Holdings'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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Continental Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Continental Holdings 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 8.35 9.48 6.66 2.82 1.65

Continental Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 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 3.61 0.34 4.02 2.06 0.36

Competitive Comparison of Continental Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Continental Holdings'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.


Continental Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Continental Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Continental Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Continental Holdings 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.

Continental Holdings'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, Continental Holdings's Interest Expense was NT$-757 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$1,249 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$13,387 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*1248.821/-757.257
=1.65

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2024, Continental Holdings's Interest Expense was NT$-209 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$75 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$13,387 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*74.528/-208.887
=0.36

* 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.


Continental Holdings  (TPE:3703) 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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Continental Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 95, Dun-Hua South Road, Section 2, 23rd Floor, Da'an District, Taipei, TWN, 106
Continental Holdings Corp is a Taiwan-based investment holding company that is engaged in civil engineering and construction, real estate development, and environmental engineering. The company operates in following segments: Construction Engineering; Real Estate Development; Environmental Project Development and Water Treatment, and Investment. Construction Engineering includes civil construction and building construction. Real Estate Development includes real estate development and leases. Environmental Project Development and Water Treatment include expertise in processing sewage, industrial wastewater, solid waste, etc. Investment to integrate operating strategy, supervising and monitoring each operating segments operation, and control and allocate each operating segment.

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