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Chin Teck Plantations Bhd (XKLS:1929) Interest Coverage : 104.54 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Chin Teck Plantations 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. Chin Teck Plantations Bhd's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was RM20.3 Mil. Chin Teck Plantations Bhd's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was RM-0.2 Mil. Chin Teck Plantations Bhd's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 104.54. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Chin Teck Plantations Bhd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

XKLS:1929' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 80.36   Med: No Debt   Max: No Debt
Current: 80.36


XKLS:1929's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
83.65% of 1370 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.395 vs XKLS:1929: 80.36

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


Chin Teck Plantations Bhd Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chin Teck Plantations 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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Chin Teck Plantations Bhd Interest Coverage Chart

Chin Teck Plantations Bhd Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only No Debt No Debt No Debt No Debt 106.43

Chin Teck Plantations Bhd Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 73.42 32.59 65.91 118.77 104.54

Competitive Comparison of Chin Teck Plantations Bhd's Interest Coverage

For the Farm Products subindustry, Chin Teck Plantations 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.


Chin Teck Plantations Bhd's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Chin Teck Plantations Bhd's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chin Teck Plantations Bhd's Interest Coverage falls into.



Chin Teck Plantations 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.

Chin Teck Plantations Bhd's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023, Chin Teck Plantations Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-0.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM51.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM10.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Aug. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Aug. 2023 )
=-1*51.726/-0.486
=106.43

Chin Teck Plantations Bhd's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2024, Chin Teck Plantations Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-0.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM20.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM10.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*20.281/-0.194
=104.54

* 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.


Chin Teck Plantations Bhd  (XKLS:1929) 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 .


Chin Teck Plantations Bhd Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Chin Teck Plantations Bhd (XKLS:1929) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Block 2B, Level 3A, Jalan Stesen Sentral 5, Suite 2B-3A-2, Plaza Sentral, Kuala Lumpur Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, SGR, MYS, 50470
Chin Teck Plantations Bhd is an investment holding company, which is engaged in the cultivation of oil palms, process and sale of fresh fruit bunches, crude palm oil, and palm kernel and is predominantly carried out in Malaysia. The company has three cultivation lands in Malaysia namely, Jemima and Sungei Sendayan, Gua Musang, and Keratong. The company also participates in joint ventures on oil palm plantations in Indonesia located at Lampung Province, Jambi Province, and South Sumatera Province, Sumatera, Republic of Indonesia.

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