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Santec Holdings (TSE:6777) Interest Coverage : 1,585.19 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Santec Holdings 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. Santec Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円1,292 Mil. Santec Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円-1 Mil. Santec Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1,585.19. 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. Santec Holdings Corp has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

TSE:6777' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1007.36   Med: 6929.98   Max: 19540.75
Current: 1717.87


TSE:6777's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
95.6% of 1591 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.52 vs TSE:6777: 1717.87

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


Santec Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Santec Holdings'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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Santec Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Santec Holdings 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 10,526.56 3,238.99 1,007.36 1,707.89 1,717.87

Santec Holdings 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 2,372.84 1,369.72 1,692.17 1,585.19 1,969.88

Competitive Comparison of Santec Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Santec Holdings'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.


Santec Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Santec Holdings 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.

Santec Holdings'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, Santec Holdings's Interest Expense was 円-3 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円5,564 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円1,718 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*5564.17/-3.239
=1,717.87

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Santec Holdings's Interest Expense was 円-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円1,292 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円1,779 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1291.927/-0.815
=1,585.19

* 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.


Santec Holdings  (TSE:6777) 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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Santec Holdings (TSE:6777) Business Description

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Address
Photonics Valley Ohkusa Campus, 5823 Ohkusa-Nenjyozaka, Aichi, Komaki, JPN, 485-0802
Santec Holdings Corp develops, manufactures and sells optical parts and optical measuring instruments. It operates in three segments namely the optical parts segment, the optical measuring instruments segment & the system solution segments. The company's product has application in White Papers, Optical Communication, Medical Imaging, Opto-electronics, Optical Instruments and AV Cable.

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