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Huadong Medicine Co (SZSE:000963) Interest Coverage : 48.82 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Huadong Medicine Co 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. Huadong Medicine Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥1,125 Mil. Huadong Medicine Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥-23 Mil. Huadong Medicine Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 48.82. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Huadong Medicine Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SZSE:000963' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.31   Med: 28.77   Max: 47.25
Current: 35.99


SZSE:000963's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
68.66% of 686 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 12.09 vs SZSE:000963: 35.99

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


Huadong Medicine Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Huadong Medicine Co'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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Huadong Medicine Co Interest Coverage Chart

Huadong Medicine Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Huadong Medicine Co 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 30.38 39.25 38.68 22.89 48.82

Competitive Comparison of Huadong Medicine Co's Interest Coverage

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Huadong Medicine Co'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.


Huadong Medicine Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Huadong Medicine Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Huadong Medicine Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Huadong Medicine Co 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.

Huadong Medicine Co'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, Huadong Medicine Co's Interest Expense was ¥-118 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥3,766 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥577 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3765.55/-118.216
=31.85

Huadong Medicine Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Huadong Medicine Co's Interest Expense was ¥-23 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥1,125 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥602 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*1125.318/-23.05
=48.82

* 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.


Huadong Medicine Co  (SZSE:000963) 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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Huadong Medicine Co (SZSE:000963) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
468 Yan’an Road, Floor 7, 9 and 10, Gate No. 1, Building No. 1, Hangzhou, CHN, 310006
Huadong Medicine Co Ltd is engaged in the production and sales of antibiotics, proprietary Chinese medicine, chemical synthetic medicine and genetic engineering drugs products. It is also engaged in the wholesale, retail and distribution business of Chinese and western medicine, Chinese herbal medicine, medical apparatus, and instruments. The main business of the company is divided into pharmaceutical business sales and the industry of pharmaceutical. The product portfolio of the company includes Corbrin capsule, Cymusi, New Cyspin, Kasiping, Panlisu, Acarbose, and others.

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