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Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co (SZSE:002668) Interest Coverage : 51.34 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances 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. Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥588 Mil. Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥-11 Mil. Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 51.34. 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. Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

The historical rank and industry rank for Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SZSE:002668' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.1   Med: 11.81   Max: 132.35
Current: 54.58


SZSE:002668's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
77.02% of 322 companies
in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry
Industry Median: 9.355 vs SZSE:002668: 54.58

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


Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances 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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Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co Interest Coverage Chart

Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
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Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances 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 Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co's Interest Coverage

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances subindustry, Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances 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.


Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances Industry

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances 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.

Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances 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, Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co's Interest Expense was ¥-48 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥2,176 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥245 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*2176.058/-48.402
=44.96

Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co's Interest Expense was ¥-11 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥588 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥250 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*588.056/-11.455
=51.34

* 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.


Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co  (SZSE:002668) 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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Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
No. 54 Dongfu North Road, Nantou Town, Guangdong Province, Zhongshan, CHN, 528427
Guangdong TCL Smart Home Appliances Co Ltd is a China based company engaged in manufacturing of refrigerators. Its products include combined fridge freezer, double door refrigerator, upright freezer, wine cellar, beverage cooler, mini bar fridge, and under counter fridge, among others.
Executives
Zhao Guo Dong Secretary, Director
Yu Wei Bao Executives
Zhang Feng Yi Independent director
Zhou Jiang Hai Securities Affairs Representative
Long Yong Xian Supervisors
Liu Zhan Cheng Directors, executives
Jiang Wen Hong Supervisors
Guan Zhi Hua Executives
Su Dong Ping Director

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