GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Industrials » Industrial Products » Ecology and Combustion Inc (NGO:6225) » Definitions » Interest Coverage

Ecology and Combustion (NGO:6225) Interest Coverage : 379.46 (As of Jan. 2024)


View and export this data going back to 2023. Start your Free Trial

What is Ecology and Combustion 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. Ecology and Combustion's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was 円77 Mil. Ecology and Combustion's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was 円-0 Mil. Ecology and Combustion's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 379.46. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Ecology and Combustion Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

NGO:6225' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 161.4   Med: 209.75   Max: 258.1
Current: 223.39


NGO:6225's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
87.18% of 2294 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 13.71 vs NGO:6225: 223.39

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


Ecology and Combustion Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ecology and Combustion'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.

* Premium members only.

Ecology and Combustion Interest Coverage Chart

Ecology and Combustion Annual Data
Trend Jul22 Jul23
Interest Coverage
161.40 258.10

Ecology and Combustion Quarterly Data
Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial 394.23 245.40 259.34 13.75 379.46

Competitive Comparison of Ecology and Combustion's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Ecology and Combustion'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.


Ecology and Combustion's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Ecology and Combustion's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ecology and Combustion's Interest Coverage falls into.



Ecology and Combustion 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.

Ecology and Combustion's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023, Ecology and Combustion's Interest Expense was 円-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円244 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円193 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jul. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jul. 2023 )
=-1*243.643/-0.944
=258.10

Ecology and Combustion's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, Ecology and Combustion's Interest Expense was 円-0 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円77 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円171 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*77.031/-0.203
=379.46

* 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.


Ecology and Combustion  (NGO:6225) 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 .


Ecology and Combustion Interest Coverage Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Ecology and Combustion's Interest Coverage provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Ecology and Combustion (NGO:6225) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
4-5-6 Shinmiyakoda (Hamamatsu Technopolis), Kita-Ku, Hamamatsu, JPN, 4312103
Ecology and Combustion Inc is engaged in the development, design, manufacture and maintenance of heating equipment. It develops, design, manufacture, and maintain deodorizing equipment, aluminum melting/holding furnaces, drying furnaces, heat treatment furnaces, and burners.

Ecology and Combustion (NGO:6225) Headlines

No Headlines