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IPEU (IPE Universal) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Jun. 2012)


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What is IPE Universal 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. IPE Universal's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2012 was $1.67 Mil. IPE Universal's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2012 was $0.00 Mil. IPE Universal has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

(1) 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.

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


IPEU's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 27.82
* 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.


IPE Universal Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for IPE Universal'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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IPE Universal Interest Coverage Chart

IPE Universal Annual Data
Trend Jun09 Jun10 Jun11
Interest Coverage
No Debt 106.00 2,078.00

IPE Universal Semi-Annual Data
Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12
Interest Coverage No Debt 106.00 2,078.00 No Debt

Competitive Comparison of IPE Universal's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Application subindustry, IPE Universal'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.


IPE Universal's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, IPE Universal's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where IPE Universal's Interest Coverage falls into.



IPE Universal 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.

IPE Universal's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2011 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2011, IPE Universal's Interest Expense was $-0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2.08 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2011 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2011 )
=-1*2.078/-0.001
=2,078.00

IPE Universal's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2012 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2012, IPE Universal's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1.67 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

IPE Universal had no debt (1).

* 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.


IPE Universal  (OTCPK:IPEU) 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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IPE Universal Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Section 1, Neihu Road, 12th Floor, No. 250, Neihu District, Taipei City, Taipei, TWN, 114004
IPE Universal Inc is engaged in developing childhood education software systems. It serves the markets in China and Taiwan. It not only provides education programs, products, services and technological products but also license IP services to businesses, NFT, Crypto, Virtual Real Estate, Metaverse (Virtual World), and merchandise.
Executives
Matthew J. Riedel director 1312 NORTH MONROE, SUITE 750, SPOKANE WA 99201
Looi Valerie Hoi Fah director, officer: SECRETARY A-1-5 BLOCK A JAYA ONE, 72A JALAN UNIVERSITI, PETALING JAYA, SELANGOR N8 46200
Chee Hong Leong director A-1-5 BLOCK A JAYA ONE, 72A JALAN UNIVERSITI, PETALING JAYA, SELANGOR N8 46200
Hon-kit Wong officer: Treasurer, CFO A-1-5 BLOCK A JAYA ONE, 72A JALAN UNIVERSITI, PETALING JAYA, SELANGOR N8 46200
Mohd Aris Bernawi director A-1-5 BLOCK A JAYA ONE, 72A JALAN UNIVERSITI, PETALING JAYA, SELANGOR N8 46200
Aik-fun Chong officer: President, CEO A-1-5 BLOCK A JAYA ONE, 72A JALAN UNIVERSITI, PETALING JAYA, SELANGOR N8 46200
Scott Wetzel director, officer: President 25 WEST CATALDO, SUITE A, SPOKANE WA 99201
Ted Stanley Wagner director, officer: Vice President 35925 N PIKE RD, DEER PARK WA 99006
Raymond Kuh director, officer: Secretary 1314 S GRAND BLVD, SUITE 2-176, SPOKANE WA 99202