GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Healthcare » Healthcare Providers & Services » MTI Ltd (TSE:9438) » Definitions » Interest Coverage

MTI (TSE:9438) Interest Coverage : 190.41 (As of Dec. 2023)


View and export this data going back to 1999. Start your Free Trial

What is MTI 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. MTI's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円435 Mil. MTI's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円-2 Mil. MTI's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 190.41. 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. MTI Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

TSE:9438' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 25.98   Med: 758.94   Max: 18388.66
Current: 74.01


TSE:9438's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
79.8% of 406 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 8.935 vs TSE:9438: 74.01

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


MTI Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for MTI'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.

* Premium members only.

MTI Interest Coverage Chart

MTI Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6,590.63 612.41 284.10 158.56 25.98

MTI Quarterly Data
Mar19 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 - 13.80 0.29 124.28 190.41

Competitive Comparison of MTI's Interest Coverage

For the Health Information Services subindustry, MTI'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.


MTI's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, MTI's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



MTI 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.

MTI's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023, MTI's Interest Expense was 円-11 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円298 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円2,431 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*298.427/-11.489
=25.98

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, MTI's Interest Expense was 円-2 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円435 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円2,247 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*435.457/-2.287
=190.41

* 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.


MTI  (TSE:9438) 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 .


MTI Interest Coverage Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of MTI's Interest Coverage provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


MTI (TSE:9438) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
35th Floor, Tokyo Opera City Tower 3-20-2, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 163-1435
MTI Ltd is engaged in the content distribution business for mobile phones in Japan. The company provides health care services through Lunaruna app, Lunaruna baby, and Lunaruna medicine notebook. It is involved in providing music/video services, electronic book services, life information services, and entertainment services.

MTI (TSE:9438) Headlines

No Headlines