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Guanwei Recycling (Guanwei Recycling) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2015)


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What is Guanwei Recycling 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. Guanwei Recycling's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2015 was $-1.58 Mil. Guanwei Recycling's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2015 was $-0.06 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


GPRC's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Waste Management industry.
Industry Median: 4.875
* 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.


Guanwei Recycling Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guanwei Recycling'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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Guanwei Recycling Interest Coverage Chart

Guanwei Recycling Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 589.52 No Debt 296.43 - -

Guanwei Recycling Semi-Annual Data
Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial 589.52 No Debt 296.43 - -

Competitive Comparison of Guanwei Recycling's Interest Coverage

For the Waste Management subindustry, Guanwei Recycling'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.


Guanwei Recycling's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Guanwei Recycling's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guanwei Recycling's Interest Coverage falls into.



Guanwei Recycling 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.

Guanwei Recycling's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015, Guanwei Recycling's Interest Expense was $-0.06 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-1.58 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Guanwei Recycling did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Guanwei Recycling's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2015, Guanwei Recycling's Interest Expense was $-0.06 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-1.58 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Guanwei Recycling did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Guanwei Recycling  (GREY:GPRC) 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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Guanwei Recycling (Guanwei Recycling) Business Description

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Address
Rong Qiao Economic Zone, Fuqing City, Fujian, CHN, 350301
Guanwei Recycling Corp is a plastic recycling company. It is primarily engaged in the manufacture and distribution of low-density polyethylene and other recycled plastic products using the imported raw material in the form of plastic waste. The plastic polymers include Polyethylene terephthalate, High-density polyethylene, Polyvinyl chloride, Low-density polyethylene, Polypropylene, and Polystyrene. Geographically, the activities of the group are functioned through China.

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