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Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical (SHSE:605008) Interest Coverage : 0.20 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical 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. Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥4 Mil. Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥-21 Mil. Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.20. 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. Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical Inc interest coverage is 1.46, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SHSE:605008' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.46   Med: 35.64   Max: 254.45
Current: 1.46


SHSE:605008's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
88.54% of 1187 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.67 vs SHSE:605008: 1.46

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


Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical'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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Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical Interest Coverage Chart

Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
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Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical'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.


Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical 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.

Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical'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, Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical's Interest Expense was ¥-78 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥193 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥686 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*192.743/-78.243
=2.46

Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical's Interest Expense was ¥-21 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥690 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*4.239/-21.295
=0.20

* 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.


Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical  (SHSE:605008) 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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Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical Business Description

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Address
No. 108, Qijiashan Gangkou Road, Beilun District, Zhejiang Province, Ningbo, CHN, 315803
Ningbo Changhong Polymer Scientific & Technical Inc is engaged in production and sales of styrene-based thermoplastic elastomers (TPES). The company's products include Sstyrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) and Styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS). Its products are used in many industrial fields such as shoes materials, asphalt modification, plastic modification, adhesive agent, medicine, health products, waterproofing materials, and construction materials, environmental-friendly plastic runway and bicycle tyre.

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