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SEC CARBON (TSE:5304) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is SEC CARBON 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. SEC CARBON's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円2,905 Mil. SEC CARBON's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円0 Mil. SEC CARBON has no debt. 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. SEC CARBON Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

(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 SEC CARBON's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:5304' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 37.79   Med: No Debt   Max: 16928
Current: No Debt


TSE:5304's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.32% of 1183 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.88 vs TSE:5304: No Debt

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


SEC CARBON Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for SEC CARBON'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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SEC CARBON Interest Coverage Chart

SEC CARBON 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 13,823.00 3,081.00 N/A N/A No Debt

SEC CARBON 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 N/A No Debt No Debt No Debt No Debt

Competitive Comparison of SEC CARBON's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, SEC CARBON'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.


SEC CARBON's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, SEC CARBON's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



SEC CARBON 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.

SEC CARBON'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, SEC CARBON's Interest Expense was 円0 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円10,217 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円0 Mil.

SEC CARBON had no debt (1).

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, SEC CARBON's Interest Expense was 円0 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円2,905 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円0 Mil.

SEC CARBON had no debt (1).

* 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.


SEC CARBON  (TSE:5304) 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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SEC CARBON (TSE:5304) Business Description

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Address
1-2-6 Shioe, Amagasaki, Hyogo, JPN
SEC CARBON Ltd engages in the manufacture and sale of carbon products. It offers SK-B graphitized cathode blocks for aluminum smelting; graphite electrodes that are used in electric arc furnaces for steelmaking; and carbon and graphite specialties and materials for use in the semiconductor, aerospace, chemical, electrochemistry, machine, and metallurgy industries. The company also provides the fine powder that is used in various industries, such as paint, sliding materials, metallurgic uses, and batteries.

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