Malton Bhd (XKLS:6181) Interest Coverage : 1.03 (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Malton 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. Malton Bhd's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was RM9.5 Mil. Malton Bhd's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was RM-9.2 Mil. Malton Bhd's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.03. 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. Malton Bhd interest coverage is 1.2, which is low.

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

XKLS:6181' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.28 Med: 2.51 Max: 7.43
Current: 1.2

XKLS:6181's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
82.84% of 1317 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 3.97 vs XKLS:6181: 1.20

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

Malton Bhd Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Malton 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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Malton Bhd Interest Coverage Chart

Malton Bhd Annual Data

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2.02

0.28

2.57

1.41

Malton Bhd Quarterly Data
	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24	Dec24	Mar25
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.84	0.68	1.60	1.67	1.03

Competitive Comparison of Malton Bhd's Interest Coverage

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, Malton 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.

Malton Bhd's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Malton Bhd's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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Malton 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.

Malton Bhd's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024, Malton Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-41.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM59.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM264.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (A: Jun. 2024 )	/	Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2024 )
	=	-1	*	59.005	/	-41.784
	=	1.41

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Malton Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-9.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM9.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM250.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
	=	-1	*	9.522	/	-9.208
	=	1.03

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

Malton Bhd (XKLS:6181) 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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Malton Bhd Business Description

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Address

75, Jalan Raja Chulan, Level 18 & 19, Pavilion Tower, Kuala Lumpur, SGR, MYS, 50200

Website

https://www.malton.com.my

Malton Bhd is principally engaged in investment holding and the provision of management services. It operates through four segments namely Property development, Construction contracts, Property Trading, and Others. The Property Development is involved in the business of constructing and developing residential and commercial properties. Its Construction contracts consist of construction works for the development of residential and commercial properties. The Property Trading segment is involved in the business of sale of developed residential and commercial properties. The company's Others segment comprises investment holding, project management, property investment and management, and provision of management and accounting services. The property development segment generate maximum revenue.

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