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Knusford Bhd (XKLS:5035) Interest Coverage : 7.22 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Knusford 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. Knusford Bhd's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was RM5.61 Mil. Knusford Bhd's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was RM-0.78 Mil. Knusford Bhd's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 7.22. 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. Knusford Bhd interest coverage is 4.82, which is low.

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

XKLS:5035' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.57   Med: 5.94   Max: 11.04
Current: 4.82


XKLS:5035's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
60.87% of 138 companies
in the Industrial Distribution industry
Industry Median: 6.56 vs XKLS:5035: 4.82

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


Knusford Bhd Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Knusford 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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Knusford Bhd Interest Coverage Chart

Knusford Bhd Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.49 N/A 1.57 5.38 4.82

Knusford Bhd Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 8.16 0.32 - 15.96 7.22

Competitive Comparison of Knusford Bhd's Interest Coverage

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Knusford 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.


Knusford Bhd's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, Knusford Bhd's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Knusford 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.

Knusford Bhd's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2025, Knusford Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-3.28 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM15.78 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM0.55 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*15.782/-3.276
=4.82

Knusford Bhd's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Knusford Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-0.78 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM5.61 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM0.55 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*5.614/-0.778
=7.22

* 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.


Knusford Bhd  (XKLS:5035) 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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Knusford Bhd Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Number C-G-03, Blok C, Tropez Residen, Persiaran Danga Perdana, Johor Bahru, JHR, MYS, 80200
Knusford Bhd is engaged in investment holding and property investment. The group has five reportable segments namely Trading, Services, Property Development, Investment Property, Construction, and Services. The Trading segment of the company includes sales of light and heavy machinery and trading of building materials; Property development includes the development of residential and commercial properties; Investment property consists of the rental of investment properties; Construction includes civil works contracting and landscape construction; and the Services segment includes rental of machinery and equipment, provision of transportation services, project management services and landscape maintenance. The generates the majority of the revenue from the Construction segment.

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