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Hiwin Technologies (TPE:2049) Interest Coverage : 9.59 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Hiwin Technologies 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. Hiwin Technologies's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$400 Mil. Hiwin Technologies's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-42 Mil. Hiwin Technologies's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 9.59. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

TPE:2049' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.84   Med: 15.08   Max: 43.67
Current: 13.1


TPE:2049's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
50.74% of 2300 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 13.505 vs TPE:2049: 13.10

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


Hiwin Technologies Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hiwin Technologies'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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Hiwin Technologies Interest Coverage Chart

Hiwin Technologies 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 12.17 7.84 30.24 29.82 13.61

Hiwin Technologies 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 12.07 19.34 19.59 3.58 9.59

Competitive Comparison of Hiwin Technologies's Interest Coverage

For the Tools & Accessories subindustry, Hiwin Technologies'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.


Hiwin Technologies's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

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



Hiwin Technologies 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.

Hiwin Technologies'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, Hiwin Technologies's Interest Expense was NT$-195 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$2,651 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$7,325 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2650.95/-194.843
=13.61

Hiwin Technologies's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Hiwin Technologies's Interest Expense was NT$-42 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$400 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$7,276 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*400.225/-41.737
=9.59

* 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.


Hiwin Technologies  (TPE:2049) 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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Hiwin Technologies (TPE:2049) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 7, Jingke Road, Taichung Precision Machinery Park, Taichung, TWN, 408225
Hiwin Technologies Corp manufactures linear guideways used in precision positioning, guiding, and measuring applications. Other products include ball screws for industrial machinery, which turn rotary motion into linear motion, and linear actuators utilizing a gear system to transform motor-powered rotary movement into linear movement. The end market for Hiwin is Taiwan, followed by smaller markets in Germany, Japan, and the United States. The Group's reportable segments are linear guideways, ballscrews and others. Majority of revenue is generated from Linear guideways segment.

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