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Guangdong Investment (Guangdong Investment) Interest Coverage

: 6.39 (As of Jun. 2023)
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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. Guangdong Investment's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was $479 Mil. Guangdong Investment's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was $-75 Mil. Guangdong Investment's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 6.39. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

GGDVY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.76   Med: 35.49   Max: 70.21
Current: 3.76


GGDVY's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
51.02% of 441 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.67 vs GGDVY: 3.76

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


Guangdong Investment Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guangdong Investment'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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Guangdong Investment Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 22.88 23.80 14.71 7.75 3.76

Guangdong Investment 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.32 11.27 5.26 6.39 1.57

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Guangdong Investment'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.


Guangdong Investment Interest Coverage Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Guangdong Investment's Interest Coverage falls into.



Guangdong Investment 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.

Guangdong Investment's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, Guangdong Investment's Interest Expense was $-111 Mil. Its Operating Income was $856 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,014 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*856.447/-110.521
=7.75

Guangdong Investment's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2023, Guangdong Investment's Interest Expense was $-75 Mil. Its Operating Income was $479 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,233 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*478.621/-74.85
=6.39

* 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.


Guangdong Investment  (OTCPK:GGDVY) 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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Guangdong Investment (Guangdong Investment) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
148 Connaught Road Central, 28th and 29th Floors, Guangdong Investment Tower, Hong Kong, HKG
Guangdong Investment Ltd is engaged in investment holding, water resources, property investment and development, department store operation, hotel ownership, operation and management, investment in energy projects, road, and bridge operation. Its segments include water resources, property investment and development, department store operation, electric power generation, hotel operation and management, road and bridge segment, and others segment. The company derives most of the revenue from the water resources segment that engages in water distribution, sewage treatment, and construction of water supply and sewage treatment infrastructure for customers in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

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