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Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL (BKK:STP) Interest Coverage : 47.78 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL 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. Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ฿46.3 Mil. Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ฿-1.0 Mil. Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 47.78. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

BKK:STP' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 25.03   Med: 25.18   Max: 25.96
Current: 25.03


BKK:STP's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
76.62% of 201 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 5.94 vs BKK:STP: 25.03

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


Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL'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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Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL Interest Coverage Chart

Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
25.18 25.96 25.03

Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL Quarterly Data
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 27.82 11.38 17.04 26.33 47.78

Competitive Comparison of Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL's Interest Coverage

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL'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.


Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL's Interest Coverage falls into.



Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL 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.

Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL's Interest Expense was ฿-4.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was ฿102.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ฿92.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*102.714/-4.104
=25.03

Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL's Interest Expense was ฿-1.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was ฿46.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ฿92.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*46.345/-0.97
=47.78

* 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.


Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL  (BKK:STP) 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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Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL (BKK:STP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
200/1 Soi Charansanitwong 42 Intersection 9, Bangyeekhan, Bang Phlat District, Bangkok, THA, 10700
Sahathai Printing & Packaging PCL is a service provider in the printing and packaging industry. It operates the business of printing paper boxes and all types of publications. The group has business in a single geographic area, namely Thailand.

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