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Wah Hong Industrial (ROCO:8240) Interest Coverage : 1.59 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Wah Hong Industrial 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. Wah Hong Industrial's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$29 Mil. Wah Hong Industrial's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-18 Mil. Wah Hong Industrial's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.59. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Wah Hong Industrial's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

ROCO:8240' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.11   Med: 4.84   Max: 13.72
Current: 4


ROCO:8240's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
76.01% of 1588 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.765 vs ROCO:8240: 4.00

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


Wah Hong Industrial Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wah Hong Industrial'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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Wah Hong Industrial Interest Coverage Chart

Wah Hong Industrial 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 4.84 7.72 13.72 7.24 3.51

Wah Hong Industrial 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 - 5.49 5.11 3.79 1.59

Competitive Comparison of Wah Hong Industrial's Interest Coverage

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Wah Hong Industrial'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.


Wah Hong Industrial's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Wah Hong Industrial's Interest Coverage falls into.



Wah Hong Industrial 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.

Wah Hong Industrial'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, Wah Hong Industrial's Interest Expense was NT$-69 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$242 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$566 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*242.481/-69.029
=3.51

Wah Hong Industrial's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Wah Hong Industrial's Interest Expense was NT$-18 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$29 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$580 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*28.501/-17.928
=1.59

* 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.


Wah Hong Industrial  (ROCO:8240) 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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Wah Hong Industrial (ROCO:8240) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Chung Cheng 4th Road, 6&7, 11 Floor, No.235, Kaohsiung, TWN
Wah Hong Industrial Corp is engaged in manufacturing composite materials and plastics to support sporting equipment, automobile, and electronics industries. The company offers photoelectric material, precision coating, cooling material, semiconductor chemical mechanical polishing machining and others. The activities are functioned through Taiwan, however, it also holds a presence in international market.

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