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TAL Education Group (TAL Education Group) Interest Coverage : N/A (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is TAL Education Group 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. TAL Education Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Nov. 2023 was $-32 Mil. TAL Education Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Nov. 2023 was $0 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. 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. TAL Education Group has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

The historical rank and industry rank for TAL Education Group's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


TAL's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Education industry.
Industry Median: 14.85
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


TAL Education Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for TAL Education Group'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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TAL Education Group Interest Coverage Chart

TAL Education Group Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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TAL Education Group Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of TAL Education Group's Interest Coverage

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, TAL Education Group'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.


TAL Education Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, TAL Education Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where TAL Education Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



TAL Education Group 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.

TAL Education Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023, TAL Education Group's Interest Expense was $0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-91 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $116 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate TAL Education Group's interest coverage with the available data.

TAL Education Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Nov. 2023, TAL Education Group's Interest Expense was $0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-32 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $156 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate TAL Education Group's interest coverage with the available data.

* 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.


TAL Education Group  (NYSE:TAL) 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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TAL Education Group (TAL Education Group) Business Description

Address
Xiaoying West Street, 5th Floor, Tower B, Heying Center, Haidian District, Beijing, CHN, 100085
TAL Education Group is a smart learning solutions provider in China. K-9 academic afterschool tutoring used to account for the majority of TAL's revenue before the regulatory changes in 2021 that imposed a nonprofit requirement on the business. After spinning off its K-9 academic afterschool tutoring business, TAL realigned its focus toward enrichment learning, content solutions, and learning technology solutions.

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