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Giga Solar Materials (ROCO:3691) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Giga Solar Materials 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. Giga Solar Materials's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was NT$-148 Mil. Giga Solar Materials's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was NT$-14 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Giga Solar Materials's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


ROCO:3691's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 20
* 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.


Giga Solar Materials Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Giga Solar Materials'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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Giga Solar Materials Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Giga Solar Materials's Interest Coverage

For the Solar subindustry, Giga Solar Materials'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.


Giga Solar Materials's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Giga Solar Materials's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Giga Solar Materials's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Giga Solar Materials 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.

Giga Solar Materials's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Giga Solar Materials's Interest Expense was NT$-105 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$-669 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$3,321 Mil.

Giga Solar Materials did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Giga Solar Materials's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Giga Solar Materials's Interest Expense was NT$-14 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$-148 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$3,423 Mil.

Giga Solar Materials did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Giga Solar Materials  (ROCO:3691) 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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Giga Solar Materials Business Description

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Address
No. 3, Gongye 1st Road, 1st Floor, Hukou Township, Hsinchu, TWN, 30351
Giga Solar Materials Corp is engaged in the research and development (R&D), manufacturing, and sales of solar conductive plasma. The reportable segments of the company are; the Photovoltaic materials division which generates key revenue for the company, the Solar power plant division, the Wire materials division, and others. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from Taiwan followed by Mainland China, Japan, South Korea, India, Hong Kong, and other countries.

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