GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Consumer Cyclical » Vehicles & Parts » Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd (OTCPK:SMTOY) » Definitions » Interest Coverage

Sumitomo Electric Industries (Sumitomo Electric Industries) Interest Coverage : 10.90 (As of Dec. 2023)


View and export this data going back to . Start your Free Trial

What is Sumitomo Electric Industries 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. Sumitomo Electric Industries's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $563 Mil. Sumitomo Electric Industries's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-52 Mil. Sumitomo Electric Industries's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.90. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sumitomo Electric Industries's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SMTOY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.5   Med: 21.53   Max: 31.4
Current: 8.5


SMTOY's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
52.62% of 1030 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 7.87 vs SMTOY: 8.50

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


Sumitomo Electric Industries Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sumitomo Electric Industries'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.

* Premium members only.

Sumitomo Electric Industries Interest Coverage Chart

Sumitomo Electric Industries Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.11 17.11 21.08 21.98 11.02

Sumitomo Electric Industries Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 9.67 14.18 2.83 6.70 10.90

Competitive Comparison of Sumitomo Electric Industries's Interest Coverage

For the Auto Parts subindustry, Sumitomo Electric Industries'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.


Sumitomo Electric Industries's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sumitomo Electric Industries's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sumitomo Electric Industries's Interest Coverage falls into.



Sumitomo Electric Industries 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.

Sumitomo Electric Industries's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Sumitomo Electric Industries's Interest Expense was $-121 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,328 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,514 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*1327.527/-120.503
=11.02

Sumitomo Electric Industries's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Sumitomo Electric Industries's Interest Expense was $-52 Mil. Its Operating Income was $563 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,430 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*562.593/-51.604
=10.90

* 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.


Sumitomo Electric Industries  (OTCPK:SMTOY) 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 .


Sumitomo Electric Industries Interest Coverage Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Sumitomo Electric Industries's Interest Coverage provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Sumitomo Electric Industries (Sumitomo Electric Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4-5-33, Kitahama, Chuo-ku, Osaka, JPN, 541-0041
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd manufactures and sells electric wires and cables, and other products. The company is engaged in diversified business activities supporting people's daily lives and industry through five business segments: Automotive, Infocommunications, Electronics, Environment and Energy, and Industrial Materials and Others. The Automobile-related segment offers wire harnesses, rubber cushions, hoses for automobiles, automobile electrical parts and others. Sumitomo's Information Communications-related segment offers fiber-optic cables, electrical cables and equipment for communications use, optical communications-related parts and others. It derives most of the revenue from Japan.

Sumitomo Electric Industries (Sumitomo Electric Industries) Headlines

From GuruFocus

T. Rowe Price Japan Fund Gains 4 New Holdings

By Sydnee Gatewood Sydnee Gatewood 01-17-2017