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Concrete Engineering Products Bhd (XKLS:8435) Interest Coverage : 1.78 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Concrete Engineering Products 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. Concrete Engineering Products Bhd's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was RM0.2 Mil. Concrete Engineering Products Bhd's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was RM-0.1 Mil. Concrete Engineering Products Bhd's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 1.78. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

XKLS:8435' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 4.12   Max: 11.33
Current: 11.33


XKLS:8435's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
61.17% of 309 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 6.56 vs XKLS:8435: 11.33

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


Concrete Engineering Products Bhd Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Concrete Engineering Products 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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Concrete Engineering Products Bhd Interest Coverage Chart

Concrete Engineering Products 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 - - - 1.00 4.74

Concrete Engineering Products 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 - 11.28 20.22 1.58 1.78

Competitive Comparison of Concrete Engineering Products Bhd's Interest Coverage

For the Building Materials subindustry, Concrete Engineering Products 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.


Concrete Engineering Products Bhd's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Concrete Engineering Products Bhd's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Concrete Engineering Products Bhd's Interest Coverage falls into.



Concrete Engineering Products 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.

Concrete Engineering Products 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, Concrete Engineering Products Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-0.9 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM4.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM0.4 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Aug. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Aug. 2023 )
=-1*4.448/-0.939
=4.74

Concrete Engineering Products Bhd's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2024, Concrete Engineering Products Bhd's Interest Expense was RM-0.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was RM0.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM0.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*0.222/-0.125
=1.78

* 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.


Concrete Engineering Products Bhd  (XKLS:8435) 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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Concrete Engineering Products Bhd (XKLS:8435) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Jalan Sultan Ismail, 22nd Floor, Menara KH (Promet), Kuala Lumpur, SGR, MYS, 50250
Concrete Engineering Products Bhd is principally engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of prestressed spun concrete piles and poles. These piles are used for foundation piles for buildings, pile embankments, bridges, ports, and marine structures, and the poles are used for telecommunication lines, electric power transmission and distribution lines, traffic signal equipment, and street lighting. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Malaysia and it also operates in Southeast Asia.

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