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Evergreen Steel (TPE:2211) Interest Coverage : 21.24 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Evergreen Steel 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. Evergreen Steel's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$613 Mil. Evergreen Steel's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$-29 Mil. Evergreen Steel's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 21.24. 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. Evergreen Steel Corp has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

TPE:2211' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 64.97   Med: 152.27   Max: 858.65
Current: 64.97


TPE:2211's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
76.53% of 2297 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 13.54 vs TPE:2211: 64.97

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


Evergreen Steel Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Evergreen Steel'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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Evergreen Steel Interest Coverage Chart

Evergreen Steel Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 196.67 80.68 107.86 287.37 64.97

Evergreen Steel Quarterly Data
Dec18 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 306.23 411.04 468.06 54.40 21.24

Competitive Comparison of Evergreen Steel's Interest Coverage

For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Evergreen Steel'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.


Evergreen Steel's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Evergreen Steel's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Evergreen Steel's Interest Coverage falls into.



Evergreen Steel 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.

Evergreen Steel'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, Evergreen Steel's Interest Expense was NT$-51 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$3,313 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$2,839 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3313.256/-51
=64.97

Evergreen Steel's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Evergreen Steel's Interest Expense was NT$-29 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$613 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$2,839 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*613.436/-28.882
=21.24

* 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.


Evergreen Steel  (TPE:2211) 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 .


Evergreen Steel Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Evergreen Steel (TPE:2211) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Chang'an East Road, 11th Floor, No. 100, Section 2, Zhongshan District, Taipei, TWN, 104094
Evergreen Steel Corp is engaged in the steel structure engineering business. The company's steel structure engineering business mainly includes engineering projects of factories, tall buildings, and bridges.

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