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Satellite Chemical Co (SZSE:002648) Interest Coverage : 5.27 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Satellite Chemical 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. Satellite Chemical Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥1,488 Mil. Satellite Chemical Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥-282 Mil. Satellite Chemical Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.27. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

SZSE:002648' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.46   Med: 10.31   Max: 21.78
Current: 12.74


SZSE:002648's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
55.35% of 1178 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.885 vs SZSE:002648: 12.74

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


Satellite Chemical Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Satellite Chemical 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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Satellite Chemical Co Interest Coverage Chart

Satellite Chemical Co 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 10.76 10.31 21.78 4.88 11.60

Satellite Chemical 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 3.74 4.58 5.85 - 5.27

Competitive Comparison of Satellite Chemical Co's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Satellite Chemical 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.


Satellite Chemical Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Satellite Chemical Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Satellite Chemical Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Satellite Chemical 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.

Satellite Chemical 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, Satellite Chemical Co's Interest Expense was ¥-519 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥6,026 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥26,818 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*6025.694/-519.339
=11.60

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Satellite Chemical Co's Interest Expense was ¥-282 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥1,488 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥25,645 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*1488.172/-282.205
=5.27

* 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.


Satellite Chemical Co  (SZSE:002648) 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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Satellite Chemical Co (SZSE:002648) Business Description

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Address
Bujiao Road, Jia’xing Industrial Park, Zhejiang, CHN, 314050
Satellite Chemical Co Ltd formerly Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co Ltd is a China-based acrylic acid manufacturer. It is involved in integrating research and development, production, sales and logistics of propylene, polypropylene, acrylic acid, high purity acrylic acid to an acrylic ester, polymer emulsion and high absorbent resin.

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