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Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co (SZSE:002545) Interest Coverage : 17.51 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock 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. Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥284 Mil. Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥-16 Mil. Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 17.51. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SZSE:002545' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.78   Med: 6.58   Max: 14.59
Current: 9.72


SZSE:002545's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
65.1% of 447 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 5.26 vs SZSE:002545: 9.72

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


Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock 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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Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Interest Coverage Chart

Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
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Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co 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 Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's Interest Coverage

For the Steel subindustry, Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock 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.


Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock 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.

Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co'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, Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's Interest Expense was ¥-76 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥624 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥542 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*623.994/-75.92
=8.22

Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's Interest Expense was ¥-16 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥284 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥502 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*283.63/-16.199
=17.51

* 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.


Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co  (SZSE:002545) 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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Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
318 GuangZhou North Road, Shandong Province, JiaoZhou, CHN, 266300
Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Ltd manufactures and markets steel structures in the People's Republic of China. The company offers boiler steel brackets, pipe racks, torch towers, workshop steel structures, power plant air cooling platforms, boiler steel supports, large substation steel structures, high-voltage transmission line towers, and large spanning towers; and radio and TV towers, midwave antenna towers, and shortwave towers.
Executives
Du Yong Director
Han Zhen Ru Executives
Han Fang Ru Director
Wang Tong Xi Executives
Li Qiang Supervisors

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