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MHC Plantations Bhd (XKLS:5026) Interest Coverage : 12.62 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is MHC 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. MHC Plantations Bhd's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was RM7.3 Mil. MHC Plantations Bhd's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was RM-0.6 Mil. MHC Plantations Bhd's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 12.62. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

XKLS:5026' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.17   Med: 6.14   Max: 39.66
Current: 20.9


XKLS:5026's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
67% of 1382 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.56 vs XKLS:5026: 20.90

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


MHC Plantations Bhd Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for MHC 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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MHC Plantations Bhd Interest Coverage Chart

MHC Plantations Bhd 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 2.17 7.83 28.94 39.66 22.19

MHC Plantations 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 16.48 15.61 32.88 25.33 12.62

Competitive Comparison of MHC Plantations Bhd's Interest Coverage

For the Farm Products subindustry, MHC 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.


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

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

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



MHC 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.

MHC Plantations Bhd'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, MHC Plantations Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-2.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM47.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM27.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*47.371/-2.135
=22.19

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, MHC Plantations Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-0.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM7.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM23.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*7.254/-0.575
=12.62

* 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.


MHC Plantations Bhd  (XKLS:5026) 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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MHC Plantations Bhd (XKLS:5026) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Kompleks Pejabat Behrang 2020, Jalan Persekutuan 1, Tanjong Malim, PRK, MYS, 35900
MHC Plantations Bhd along with its subsidiaries is involved in the cultivation of oil palm, the operation of the quarry, milling, and sales of oil palm products, letting of oil palm collection center, investment holding, power generation, and property development. It operates in segments that include Plantation; which cultivates oil palm, Oil Mill; which mills and sells oil palm products, Power Plant; which generates power and sell biomass by-products. The Other Segment refers to the extraction and sale of earth stones, operation of a hotel and Others. The Oil Mill Segment generates maximum revenue for the company.

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