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Masimba Holdings (XZIM:MSHL.ZW) Interest Coverage : 31.68 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Masimba Holdings 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. Masimba Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was ZWG5.04 Mil. Masimba Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was ZWG-0.16 Mil. Masimba Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 31.68. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

XZIM:MSHL.ZW' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.14   Med: 12.54   Max: 31.58
Current: 30.68


XZIM:MSHL.ZW's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the Construction industry.
Industry Median: 6.92 vs XZIM:MSHL.ZW: 30.68

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


Masimba Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Masimba Holdings'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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Masimba Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Masimba Holdings Annual Data
Trend Jun09 Jun12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.10 10.33 12.54 31.58 25.26

Masimba Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Jun09 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
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 17.89 No Debt 15.69 30.02 31.68

Competitive Comparison of Masimba Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Masimba Holdings'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.


Masimba Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Masimba Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Masimba Holdings 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.

Masimba Holdings'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, Masimba Holdings's Interest Expense was ZWG-0.36 Mil. Its Operating Income was ZWG9.20 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ZWG0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*9.195/-0.364
=25.26

Masimba Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2024, Masimba Holdings's Interest Expense was ZWG-0.16 Mil. Its Operating Income was ZWG5.04 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ZWG0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*5.037/-0.159
=31.68

* 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.


Masimba Holdings  (XZIM:MSHL.ZW) 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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Masimba Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
44 Tilbury Road, P. O. Box CY490, Willowvale, Harare, ZWE
Masimba Holdings Ltd is a Zimbabwe-based contracting and industrial company. The principal activities of the company are civil engineering, building contracting, quarry mining and property development. The company is engaged in providing engineering and infrastructure client solutions to the agriculture, commercial, communications, housing, mining, water, and public sectors. The company operates in three main segments. Firstly, there's Contracting, which encompasses civil engineering works such as roads and earthworks, building construction, and fabrication and steel works. Secondly, there's Property Development and Leasing, focused on property development and leasing to both internal business units and third parties. Lastly, there's Quarry Mining segment.

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