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SAKURA Internet (TSE:3778) Interest Coverage : 4.50 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is SAKURA Internet 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. SAKURA Internet's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円199 Mil. SAKURA Internet's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円-44 Mil. SAKURA Internet's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.50. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

(1) 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.

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

TSE:3778' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.96   Med: 6.44   Max: No Debt
Current: 6.89


TSE:3778's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
72.95% of 1601 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.29 vs TSE:3778: 6.89

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


SAKURA Internet Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for SAKURA Internet'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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SAKURA Internet Interest Coverage Chart

SAKURA Internet Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.75 6.87 4.46 7.07 No Debt

SAKURA Internet 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 10.39 2.56 3.34 4.50 No Debt

Competitive Comparison of SAKURA Internet's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, SAKURA Internet'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.


SAKURA Internet's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, SAKURA Internet's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



SAKURA Internet 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.

SAKURA Internet's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024, SAKURA Internet's Interest Expense was 円0 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円884 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円0 Mil.

SAKURA Internet had no debt (1).

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, SAKURA Internet's Interest Expense was 円-44 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円199 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円7,363 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*199.092/-44.217
=4.50

* 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.


SAKURA Internet  (TSE:3778) 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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SAKURA Internet (TSE:3778) Business Description

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Kita-ku Osu-machi 4-20 Grandefront, Osaka Tower A 35 Floor, Osaka Prefecture, Osaka, JPN, 530-0011
SAKURA Internet Inc is a Japan-based web hosting company. It operates a data center and leases space to store clients' servers and network equipment. Services offered by SAKURA include rental server, Virtual Private Server (VPS), VPS for windows, cloud server, data center, and the Internet of Things (IoT) platform service. The company is also engaged in the planning, production, and sales of multimedia, computer software, computers and their peripheral equipment. The company also leases and manages real estate.

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