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Gloria Material Technology (ROCO:5009) Interest Coverage : 10.83 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Gloria Material Technology 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. Gloria Material Technology's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$597 Mil. Gloria Material Technology's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-55 Mil. Gloria Material Technology's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 10.83. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Gloria Material Technology's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

ROCO:5009' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.13   Med: 3.55   Max: 14.11
Current: 12.37


ROCO:5009's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
66.52% of 463 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 5.62 vs ROCO:5009: 12.37

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


Gloria Material Technology Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gloria Material Technology'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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Gloria Material Technology Interest Coverage Chart

Gloria Material Technology Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.61 2.56 1.13 7.31 14.11

Gloria Material Technology Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 14.74 13.29 16.75 10.78 10.83

Competitive Comparison of Gloria Material Technology's Interest Coverage

For the Steel subindustry, Gloria Material Technology'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.


Gloria Material Technology's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Gloria Material Technology's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gloria Material Technology's Interest Coverage falls into.



Gloria Material Technology 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.

Gloria Material Technology's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, Gloria Material Technology's Interest Expense was NT$-171 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$2,414 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$8,412 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*2414.049/-171.111
=14.11

Gloria Material Technology's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Gloria Material Technology's Interest Expense was NT$-55 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$597 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$11,807 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*596.903/-55.129
=10.83

* 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.


Gloria Material Technology  (ROCO:5009) 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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Gloria Material Technology (ROCO:5009) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 35 Xinzhong Road, Xinying District, Tainan, TWN
Gloria Material Technology Corp is mainly engaged in the production and sale of special steel, carbon steel, alloy steel, super alloy and smelting of the raw materials of these products. GMTC provides various quality materials at such as Superalloy, Titanium Alloy, High Speed Steel, Tool Steel, Stainless Steel, various ESR, VAR materials and Quenched-Tempered Steel and has various steel grades. Its product shapes are focused on Round bars and Square bars. The company's products include cold work tool steel, hot work tool steel, and carbon tool steel.

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