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Korea District Heating (XKRX:071320) Interest Coverage : 19.99 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Korea District Heating 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. Korea District Heating's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩495,323 Mil. Korea District Heating's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩-24,780 Mil. Korea District Heating's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 19.99. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Korea District Heating Corp interest coverage is 3.59, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Korea District Heating's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

XKRX:071320' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.25   Med: 2.34   Max: 3.59
Current: 3.59


XKRX:071320's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
56.79% of 324 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 2.985 vs XKRX:071320: 3.59

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


Korea District Heating Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Korea District Heating'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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Korea District Heating Interest Coverage Chart

Korea District Heating 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 0.70 2.34 0.78 - 3.59

Korea District Heating Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - - 19.99

Competitive Comparison of Korea District Heating's Interest Coverage

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Korea District Heating'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.


Korea District Heating's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Korea District Heating's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Korea District Heating's Interest Coverage falls into.



Korea District Heating 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.

Korea District Heating'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, Korea District Heating's Interest Expense was ₩-88,187 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₩316,707 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₩2,792,968 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*316707.298/-88186.733
=3.59

Korea District Heating's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Korea District Heating's Interest Expense was ₩-24,780 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₩495,323 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₩2,792,968 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*495323.376/-24780.432
=19.99

* 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.


Korea District Heating  (XKRX:071320) 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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Korea District Heating (XKRX:071320) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
368, Bundang-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, KOR, 463-908
Korea District Heating Corp operates in the Korean utility sector. Its business is to produce hot and cold water for the purpose of power generation. Its heating systems make sure that apartments and commercial buildings need not have their own heating facilities, thereby saving energy and reducing atmospheric pollution.

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