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China Suntien Green Energy (FRA:9C6) Interest Coverage : 4.60 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is China Suntien Green Energy 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. China Suntien Green Energy's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €190 Mil. China Suntien Green Energy's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-41 Mil. China Suntien Green Energy's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.60. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. China Suntien Green Energy Corp Ltd interest coverage is 3.32, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for China Suntien Green Energy's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:9C6' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.14   Med: 2.93   Max: 3.86
Current: 3.32


FRA:9C6's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
56.07% of 453 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.87 vs FRA:9C6: 3.32

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


China Suntien Green Energy Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Suntien Green Energy'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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China Suntien Green Energy Interest Coverage Chart

China Suntien Green Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.23 3.13 3.43 3.46 3.86

China Suntien Green Energy Quarterly Data
Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 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 5.04 3.86 1.21 N/A 4.60

Competitive Comparison of China Suntien Green Energy's Interest Coverage

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, China Suntien Green Energy'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.


China Suntien Green Energy's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, China Suntien Green Energy's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Suntien Green Energy's Interest Coverage falls into.



China Suntien Green Energy 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.

China Suntien Green Energy'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, China Suntien Green Energy's Interest Expense was €-140 Mil. Its Operating Income was €539 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €4,258 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*539.466/-139.715
=3.86

China Suntien Green Energy's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, China Suntien Green Energy's Interest Expense was €-41 Mil. Its Operating Income was €190 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €4,448 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*189.693/-41.277
=4.60

* 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.


China Suntien Green Energy  (FRA:9C6) 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 .


China Suntien Green Energy Interest Coverage Related Terms

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China Suntien Green Energy (FRA:9C6) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 9 Yuhua West Road, 9th Floor, Block A, Yuyuan Plaza, Qiaoxi District, Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, CHN, 050001
China Suntien Green Energy is engaged in the wind power, photovoltaic, and natural gas businesses. The natural gas segment is involved in the sales of natural gas and gas appliances, and the provision of construction and connection services of natural gas pipelines. The wind and solar energy segment sells electricity to external grid companies by operating wind farms and solar energy plants. In 2022, the firm's natural gas transmission volume was 4,501 million cubic meters, while sales volume of electricity was 13.87 billion kilowatt-hours. As of end-2022, the firm had consolidated renewable energy (wind and solar) installed capacity of 5.94 gigawatts.

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