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China Gas Holdings (China Gas Holdings) Interest Coverage : 3.70 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is China Gas 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. China Gas Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $469 Mil. China Gas Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-127 Mil. China Gas Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 3.70. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

CGHLY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.6   Med: 7.67   Max: 9.67
Current: 2.6


CGHLY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
65.84% of 445 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.77 vs CGHLY: 2.60

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


China Gas Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Gas 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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China Gas Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

China Gas Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.98 9.45 9.54 7.03 3.50

China Gas Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 7.07 6.97 5.99 1.55 3.70

Competitive Comparison of China Gas Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, China Gas 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.


China Gas Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, China Gas Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



China Gas 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.

China Gas Holdings's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, China Gas Holdings's Interest Expense was $-236 Mil. Its Operating Income was $828 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,004 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*827.96/-236.39
=3.50

China Gas Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, China Gas Holdings's Interest Expense was $-127 Mil. Its Operating Income was $469 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,401 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*469.403/-127.032
=3.70

* 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.


China Gas Holdings  (OTCPK:CGHLY) 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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China Gas Holdings (China Gas Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
151 Gloucester Road, Room 1601, 16th Floor, Capital Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, HKG
China Gas Holdings is involved in the wholesale and retail businesses of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas in China. As of fiscal 2023 (ended March 31, 2023), the group had secured a total of 661 piped gas concessions, 533 compressed natural gas/liquefied natural gas refilling stations for vehicles, and 106 LPG distribution projects in China. In total, CGH has connected 45.4 million residential households and achieved a penetration rate of 68.6%.

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