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Walvax Biotechnology Co (SZSE:300142) Interest Coverage : 43.49 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Walvax Biotechnology 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. Walvax Biotechnology Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥147 Mil. Walvax Biotechnology Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥-3 Mil. Walvax Biotechnology Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 43.49. 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. Walvax Biotechnology Co Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

SZSE:300142' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.18   Med: 150.15   Max: 1710.83
Current: 119.64


SZSE:300142's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
81.14% of 684 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 12.175 vs SZSE:300142: 119.64

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


Walvax Biotechnology Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Walvax Biotechnology 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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Walvax Biotechnology Co Interest Coverage Chart

Walvax Biotechnology Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Walvax Biotechnology 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 161.32 322.41 189.00 70.78 43.49

Competitive Comparison of Walvax Biotechnology Co's Interest Coverage

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Walvax Biotechnology 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.


Walvax Biotechnology Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Walvax Biotechnology Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Walvax Biotechnology 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.

Walvax Biotechnology 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, Walvax Biotechnology Co's Interest Expense was ¥-6 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥1,023 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥455 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1022.596/-5.949
=171.89

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Walvax Biotechnology Co's Interest Expense was ¥-3 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥147 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥448 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*147.075/-3.382
=43.49

* 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.


Walvax Biotechnology Co  (SZSE:300142) 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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Walvax Biotechnology Co (SZSE:300142) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Keyuan Road No. 99, 19th Floor, Building 9A, Dingyi Tiancheng Residential Quarter, High & New Tech Development Zone, Yunnan Province, Kunming, CHN, 650106
Walvax Biotechnology Co Ltd biological pharmaceutical enterprise engaged in research and development, production and sales of bio-medicine products. It offers bio-medicines, such as vaccines, blood products, and others. The company's products include Haemophilus influenza type b conjugate vaccines, freeze-dried group A, C meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccines, group ACYW135 meningococcal polysaccharide vaccines, and group A and C meningococcal polysaccharide vaccines.

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