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CK Hutchison Holdings (CK Hutchison Holdings) Interest Coverage : 4.09 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is CK Hutchison 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. CK Hutchison Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,305 Mil. CK Hutchison Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-807 Mil. CK Hutchison Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.09. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

CKHUY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.56   Med: 3.98   Max: 5.18
Current: 3.92


CKHUY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
57% of 393 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 5.15 vs CKHUY: 3.92

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


CK Hutchison Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for CK Hutchison 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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CK Hutchison Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

CK Hutchison Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.65 5.11 5.18 4.90 3.92

CK Hutchison Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.53 4.88 4.92 3.72 4.09

Competitive Comparison of CK Hutchison Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Conglomerates subindustry, CK Hutchison 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.


CK Hutchison Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, CK Hutchison Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



CK Hutchison 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.

CK Hutchison 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, CK Hutchison Holdings's Interest Expense was $-1,517 Mil. Its Operating Income was $5,944 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $34,719 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*5943.686/-1517.196
=3.92

CK Hutchison Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, CK Hutchison Holdings's Interest Expense was $-807 Mil. Its Operating Income was $3,305 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $34,719 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3304.95/-807.447
=4.09

* 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.


CK Hutchison Holdings  (OTCPK:CKHUY) 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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CK Hutchison Holdings (CK Hutchison Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2 Queen’s Road Central, 48th Floor, Cheung Kong Center, Hong Kong, HKG
CK Hutchison Holdings, or CKH, is a Hong Kong headquartered conglomerate with key businesses in ports, retail, infrastructure, and telecommunications. The company was created in 2015 to house the merged assets of Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa as the group sought to flatten out and simplify its original holding structure. CKH contains most of the businesses previously housed in Hutchison Whampoa, minus the property assets, which were spun off into their own listing, CK Asset Holdings. Telecommunications and infrastructure activities now make up the largest share of EBITDA, at around 27%.

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