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DOWA Holdings Co (FSE:5714) Interest Coverage : 44.40 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is DOWA Holdings Co 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. DOWA Holdings Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円8,391 Mil. DOWA Holdings Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円-189 Mil. DOWA Holdings Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 44.40. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for DOWA Holdings Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

FSE:5714' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 18.52   Med: 39.61   Max: 96.12
Current: 50.49


FSE:5714's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
69.95% of 1341 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs FSE:5714: 50.49

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


DOWA Holdings Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for DOWA Holdings Co'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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DOWA Holdings Co Interest Coverage Chart

DOWA Holdings Co 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 18.52 19.62 41.17 96.12 85.30

DOWA Holdings Co 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 54.70 59.80 55.23 45.81 44.40

Competitive Comparison of DOWA Holdings Co's Interest Coverage

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, DOWA Holdings Co'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.


DOWA Holdings Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, DOWA Holdings Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where DOWA Holdings Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



DOWA Holdings Co 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.

DOWA Holdings Co'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, DOWA Holdings Co's Interest Expense was 円-523 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円44,611 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円52,816 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*44611/-523
=85.30

DOWA Holdings Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, DOWA Holdings Co's Interest Expense was 円-189 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円8,391 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円33,282 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*8391/-189
=44.40

* 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.


DOWA Holdings Co  (FSE:5714) 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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DOWA Holdings Co (FSE:5714) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
14-1, Sotokanda 4-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 101-0021
Dowa Holdings Co Ltd is a Japan-based holding company, with five main business segments. The nonferrous metals segment generates roughly half of group revenue via the production and sale of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, and platinum, among other metals. In the environmental management and recycling division, the group engages in waste treatment, soil remediation, resource recycling, and logistics. In the electronic materials segment, the group produces and sells high-purity metal materials, compound semiconductor wafers, conductive materials, battery materials, magnetic materials, reduced iron powder, and other materials. In the metal processing segment, the group produces and sells copper, brass and copper alloy strips, electroplated products, brass rods, and metal-ceramic substrates.

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