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Chengdu Expressway Co (HKSE:01785) Interest Coverage : 8.81 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Chengdu Expressway Co 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. Chengdu Expressway Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$266 Mil. Chengdu Expressway Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was HK$-30 Mil. Chengdu Expressway Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 8.81. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Chengdu Expressway Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:01785' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.99   Med: 5.44   Max: 7.54
Current: 7.15


HKSE:01785's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
50.28% of 1261 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.08 vs HKSE:01785: 7.15

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


Chengdu Expressway Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chengdu Expressway Co'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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Chengdu Expressway Co Interest Coverage Chart

Chengdu Expressway Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 5.28 3.98 6.08 5.44 7.29

Chengdu Expressway Co Quarterly Data
Dec15 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 6.70 3.28 N/A 8.81 5.52

Competitive Comparison of Chengdu Expressway Co's Interest Coverage

For the Infrastructure Operations subindustry, Chengdu Expressway Co'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.


Chengdu Expressway Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Chengdu Expressway Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chengdu Expressway Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Chengdu Expressway Co 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.

Chengdu Expressway Co'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, Chengdu Expressway Co's Interest Expense was HK$-125 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$912 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$2,756 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*911.549/-125.077
=7.29

Chengdu Expressway Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2023, Chengdu Expressway Co's Interest Expense was HK$-30 Mil. Its Operating Income was HK$266 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$2,763 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*265.761/-30.149
=8.81

* 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.


Chengdu Expressway Co  (HKSE:01785) 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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Chengdu Expressway Co (HKSE:01785) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 66 Shenghe 1st Road, 9th Floor, Chengnan Tianfu Building, High-Tech Zone, Sichuan, Chengdu, CHN
Chengdu Expressway Co Ltd is principally engaged in the operation, management and development of expressways located in and around Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Meanwhile, the Group also carries out retail of refined oil and operation of CNG. It operates in two reportable segments the Expressway segment segment comprises the construction, operation and maintenance of toll expressways located in Sichuan province; and the Energy Investment segment comprises the operation of petrol stations and a gas station and sales of refined oil and compressed natural gas. It derives majority of the revenue from Expressway segment.

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