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UUE Holdings Bhd (XKLS:0310) Interest Coverage : 8.06 (As of Feb. 2025)


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What is UUE Holdings Bhd 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. UUE Holdings Bhd's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was RM4.8 Mil. UUE Holdings Bhd's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was RM-0.6 Mil. UUE Holdings Bhd's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was 8.06. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

XKLS:0310' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.65   Med: 16.08   Max: 20.45
Current: 15.48


XKLS:0310's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
63.95% of 1323 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.26 vs XKLS:0310: 15.48

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


UUE Holdings Bhd Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for UUE Holdings Bhd'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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UUE Holdings Bhd Interest Coverage Chart

UUE Holdings Bhd Annual Data
Trend Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24 Feb25
Interest Coverage
16.29 20.45 12.65 14.21 16.08

UUE Holdings Bhd Quarterly Data
Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Dec23 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial N/A N/A 19.09 21.60 8.06

Competitive Comparison of UUE Holdings Bhd's Interest Coverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, UUE Holdings Bhd'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.


UUE Holdings Bhd's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

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


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UUE Holdings Bhd 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.

UUE Holdings Bhd's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2025, UUE Holdings Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-1.9 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM31.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM6.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Feb. 2025 )/Interest Expense (A: Feb. 2025 )
=-1*31.231/-1.942
=16.08

UUE Holdings Bhd's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2025, UUE Holdings Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-0.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM4.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM6.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2025 )
=-1*4.819/-0.598
=8.06

* 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.


UUE Holdings Bhd  (XKLS:0310) 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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UUE Holdings Bhd Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Jalan Teratai 7, 55 & 57, Taman Johor Jaya, Johor Bahru, JHR, MYS, 81100
UUE Holdings Bhd is principally involved in the provision of underground utilities engineering solutions and in the HDD method of laying pipes, and also employ the open cut and micro trenching excavation methods also manufactures and trade HDPE pipes and underground utilities engineering projects in Malaysia and Singapore. It also serves the electricity and telecommunications end-user markets in Malaysia and Singapore. The company has two segments; Underground utilities engineering solutions and Manufacturing and trading of HDPE pipes. Key revenue is generated from Underground utilities engineering solutions.

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