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Ibase Technology (ROCO:8050) Interest Coverage : 0.43 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Ibase Technology 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. Ibase Technology's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$6 Mil. Ibase Technology's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-14 Mil. Ibase Technology's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.43. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

ROCO:8050' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.75   Med: 18.15   Max: 133.02
Current: 3.75


ROCO:8050's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
76.91% of 1568 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.61 vs ROCO:8050: 3.75

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


Ibase Technology Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ibase Technology'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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Ibase Technology Interest Coverage Chart

Ibase Technology 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 7.48 - 4.21 18.15 6.92

Ibase Technology Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 13.47 3.79 5.31 4.76 0.43

Competitive Comparison of Ibase Technology's Interest Coverage

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Ibase Technology'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.


Ibase Technology's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Ibase Technology's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ibase Technology's Interest Coverage falls into.



Ibase Technology 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.

Ibase Technology'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, Ibase Technology's Interest Expense was NT$-71 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$490 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$2,237 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*490.347/-70.883
=6.92

Ibase Technology's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Ibase Technology's Interest Expense was NT$-14 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$1,350 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*6.152/-14.258
=0.43

* 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.


Ibase Technology  (ROCO:8050) 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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Ibase Technology (ROCO:8050) Business Description

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Address
11 Floor, No.3-1, YuanCyu Street, Nankang Software Park, Taipei, TWN, 115
Ibase Technology Inc is a Taiwan-based company principally engaged in the manufacture and distribution of computer devices. It offers single board computers, industrial motherboards, embedded systems and panel PCs in the Industrial PC market. The company has two manufacturing sites, one in Sanchung and another one in Xinzhuang, New Taipei City, Taiwan. All the business activity is functioned through Taiwan and its products are distributed in Taiwan and to an international market.

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