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Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd (XKLS:5129) Interest Coverage : 0.95 (As of Feb. 2025)


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What is Melati Ehsan 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. Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was RM0.52 Mil. Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was RM-0.55 Mil. Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was 0.95. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


XKLS:5129's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Construction industry.
Industry Median: 7.22
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Melati Ehsan 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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Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd Interest Coverage Chart

Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Interest Coverage
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Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd Quarterly Data
May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
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Competitive Comparison of Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd's Interest Coverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Melati Ehsan 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.


Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

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


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Melati Ehsan 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.

Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024, Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-0.88 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM0.27 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM56.81 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Aug. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Aug. 2024 )
=-1*0.273/-0.877
=0.31

Melati Ehsan 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, Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-0.55 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM0.52 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM49.43 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2025 )
=-1*0.52/-0.548
=0.95

* 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.


Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd  (XKLS:5129) 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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Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 5, Jalan Titiwangsa, Kuala Lumpur, SGR, MYS, 53200
Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd is a Malaysia-based investment holding. The principal activity of the company is turnkey contractor, property development, trading of construction materials, rental of machineries, money lending business. The reporting segments of the group are the Construction segment which includes turnkey construction activities, the Trading segment which includes the trading of construction materials and rental of machinery, and Property development which relates to development of residential and commercial properties. The company operates principally in Malaysia and generates the majority of its revenue from the Construction segment. The company's ongoing projects are Meridian at Kluang, TNB Mixed development at Bangsar, Bayu Residency at Sri Temenggung and others.

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