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Batu Kawan Bhd (XKLS:1899) Interest Coverage : 4.23 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Batu Kawan 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. Batu Kawan Bhd's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was RM470 Mil. Batu Kawan Bhd's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was RM-111 Mil. Batu Kawan Bhd's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.23. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

XKLS:1899' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.02   Med: 29.67   Max: 54.36
Current: 9.02


XKLS:1899's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
52.46% of 1180 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.71 vs XKLS:1899: 9.02

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


Batu Kawan Bhd Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Batu Kawan 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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Batu Kawan Bhd Interest Coverage Chart

Batu Kawan Bhd Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.40 29.59 54.36 28.02 11.52

Batu Kawan Bhd 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 5.62 2.12 - 4.41 4.23

Competitive Comparison of Batu Kawan Bhd's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Batu Kawan 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.


Batu Kawan Bhd's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Batu Kawan Bhd's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Batu Kawan Bhd's Interest Coverage falls into.



Batu Kawan 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.

Batu Kawan Bhd's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023, Batu Kawan Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-171 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM1,964 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM7,670 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*1964.21/-170.558
=11.52

Batu Kawan Bhd's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Batu Kawan Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-111 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM470 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM8,196 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*469.958/-111.042
=4.23

* 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.


Batu Kawan Bhd  (XKLS:1899) 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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Batu Kawan Bhd (XKLS:1899) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 1, Jalan S.P. Seenivasagam, Wisma Taiko, Ipoh, PRK, MYS, 30000
Batu Kawan Bhd is a holding company that focuses on harvesting palm trees and manufacturing and selling rubber and chemical products through its subsidiaries. The firm operates through four segments: plantation, manufacturing, property development, and investment holdings/others. The manufacturing segment generates majority revenue through selling a variety of chemical-based products, including oleochemicals, industrial amides, rubber gloves, and esters. The plantation segment generates the second portion of total revenue by cultivating and processing palm trees into both fresh fruit bunches and rubber products. Geographically, the firm operates in Asia, Europe, Americas, and Africa, with the majority of its revenue generated from Asian and European countries.

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