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Ibiden Co (TSE:4062) Interest Coverage

: 63.11 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Ibiden Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円12,875 Mil. Ibiden Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円-204 Mil. Ibiden Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 63.11. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

TSE:4062' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 38.19   Med: 86.12   Max: 252.93
Current: 78.27


TSE:4062's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
79.52% of 1597 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.72 vs TSE:4062: 78.27

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


Ibiden Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ibiden 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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Ibiden Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 64.16 101.47 149.74 252.93 195.58

Ibiden Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 146.44 103.59 56.82 99.94 63.11

Competitive Comparison

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Ibiden 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.


Ibiden Co Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Ibiden Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ibiden 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.

Ibiden Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Ibiden Co's Interest Expense was 円-370 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円72,363 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円205,167 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*72363/-370
=195.58

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Ibiden Co's Interest Expense was 円-204 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円12,875 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円180,148 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*12875/-204
=63.11

* 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.


Ibiden Co  (TSE:4062) 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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Ibiden Co (TSE:4062) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2-1 Kanda-cho, Ogaki, Gifu, JPN, 503-8604
Ibiden Company Limited is a provider of electronic and ceramic products. The company operates through three segments: ceramic, electron and other. The ceramic segment, which contributes the largest portion of revenue, provides environment-related ceramics products, graphite and specialty products, ceramic fibre, and fine ceramics products. Electron, the next- largest segment, offers package substrates in computers, information technology infrastructure, mobile device wiring boards, mobile devices and home appliances. The other segment includes the processing of agriculture, livestock and fisheries, the sale of oil products and synthetic resin production. The company is headquartered in Japan and generates the majority of revenue in Asia.

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