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Huize Holding (Huize Holding) Interest Coverage : 7.05 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Huize Holding 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. Huize Holding's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.9 Mil. Huize Holding's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.4 Mil. Huize Holding's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.05. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HUIZ' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.05   Med: 50.93   Max: 92.27
Current: 18.45


HUIZ's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
57.76% of 322 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.355 vs HUIZ: 18.45

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


Huize Holding Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Huize Holding'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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Huize Holding Interest Coverage Chart

Huize Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 50.93 - - - 92.27

Huize Holding Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Huize Holding's Interest Coverage

For the Insurance Brokers subindustry, Huize Holding'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.


Huize Holding's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Huize Holding's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Huize Holding's Interest Coverage falls into.



Huize Holding 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.

Huize Holding'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, Huize Holding's Interest Expense was $-0.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $8.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $18.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*8.12/-0.088
=92.27

Huize Holding's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Huize Holding's Interest Expense was $-0.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $18.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2.889/-0.41
=7.05

* 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.


Huize Holding  (NAS:HUIZ) 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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Huize Holding (Huize Holding) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Qianhai Financial Centre, Linhai Avenue, 49 Floor, Building T1, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen, CHN, 518000
Huize Holding Ltd is an independent online insurance product and service platform in China. The company distributes on its platform insurance products underwritten by the insurance companies who cooperate with the company, who the company refers to as its insurer partners, and helps them reach a large number of insurance clients. The company's platform offers digitalized insurance purchase experience and services through various internet and mobile internet channels. The company primarily generates revenues from the insurance brokerage fees paid by its insurer partners.