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Brother Enterprises Holding Co (SZSE:002562) Interest Coverage : 4.84 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Brother Enterprises Holding 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. Brother Enterprises Holding Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥68 Mil. Brother Enterprises Holding Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥-14 Mil. Brother Enterprises Holding Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 4.84. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Brother Enterprises Holding Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SZSE:002562' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.29   Med: 3.21   Max: 953.55
Current: 3.81


SZSE:002562's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
71.78% of 1187 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.67 vs SZSE:002562: 3.81

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


Brother Enterprises Holding Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Brother Enterprises Holding 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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Brother Enterprises Holding Co Interest Coverage Chart

Brother Enterprises Holding Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.21 1.29 8.74 - 2.48

Brother Enterprises Holding Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 0.98 9.35 3.30 0.88 4.84

Competitive Comparison of Brother Enterprises Holding Co's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Brother Enterprises Holding 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.


Brother Enterprises Holding Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Brother Enterprises Holding Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Brother Enterprises Holding Co's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Brother Enterprises Holding 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.

Brother Enterprises Holding 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, Brother Enterprises Holding Co's Interest Expense was ¥-57 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥141 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥317 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*141.494/-57.128
=2.48

Brother Enterprises Holding Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Brother Enterprises Holding Co's Interest Expense was ¥-14 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥68 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥561 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*68.428/-14.136
=4.84

* 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.


Brother Enterprises Holding Co  (SZSE:002562) 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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Brother Enterprises Holding Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
No. 3 Caijiashiqiao, Lianmin Village, Zhejiang Province, Zhouwangmiao Town, Haining, CHN, 314407
Brother Enterprises Holding Co Ltd is engaged in the research and development, production, and sale of leather chemicals, fine chemicals, and vitamins. Its leather chemicals include tanning agents, fat liquors, additives, leather auxiliaries, and other products. The company also provides fine chemicals, such as alpha-acetyl-gamma-butyrolactone, methyl formate and beta-aminopropionic acid among others.
Executives
Qian Zhi Da Directors, executives
Zhang Yong Hui Executives
Li Jian Ping Directors, executives
Gu Ju Ying Independent director
Qian Zhi Ming Director
Shen Fei Supervisors
Zhou Zhong Ping Director
Luo Chen Supervisors
Tang Yue Qiang Executives
Qian Xiao Feng Directors, executives
Xia De Bing Supervisors
Liu Xiang Yang Director

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