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Peric Special Gases Co (SHSE:688146) Interest Coverage : 735.67 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Peric Special Gases 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. Peric Special Gases Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥95 Mil. Peric Special Gases Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥-0 Mil. Peric Special Gases Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 735.67. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Peric Special Gases Co Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

SHSE:688146' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.43   Med: 37.89   Max: 2967.8
Current: 1732.68


SHSE:688146's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
96.26% of 1177 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.88 vs SHSE:688146: 1732.68

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


Peric Special Gases Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Peric Special Gases 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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Peric Special Gases Co Interest Coverage Chart

Peric Special Gases Co Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
13.43 20.14 37.89 2,967.80 861.47

Peric Special Gases Co Quarterly Data
Dec19 Dec20 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 281.70 320.03 276.25 - 735.67

Competitive Comparison of Peric Special Gases Co's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Peric Special Gases 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.


Peric Special Gases Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Peric Special Gases Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Peric Special Gases Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Peric Special Gases 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.

Peric Special Gases Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Peric Special Gases Co's Interest Expense was ¥-0 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥325 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*324.774/-0.377
=861.47

Peric Special Gases Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Peric Special Gases Co's Interest Expense was ¥-0 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥95 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*94.902/-0.129
=735.67

* 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.


Peric Special Gases Co  (SHSE:688146) 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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Peric Special Gases Co (SHSE:688146) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 1 Weiwu Road, Chemical Industry Cluster Area, Feixiang District, Hebei Province, Handan, CHN, 057550
Peric Special Gases Co Ltd is engaged in the research and development, production and sales of electronic specialty gases and trifluoromethanesulfonic acid series products.

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