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Guangdong Rifeng Electric Cable Co (SZSE:002953) Interest Coverage : 15.62 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Guangdong Rifeng Electric Cable 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 Rifeng Electric Cable Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥55 Mil. Guangdong Rifeng Electric Cable Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥-4 Mil. Guangdong Rifeng Electric Cable Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 15.62. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Guangdong Rifeng Electric Cable Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SZSE:002953' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.43   Med: 6.56   Max: 13.02
Current: 11.83


SZSE:002953's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
52.72% of 1599 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 13.23 vs SZSE:002953: 11.83

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 Rifeng Electric Cable Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guangdong Rifeng Electric Cable 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 Rifeng Electric Cable Co Interest Coverage Chart

Guangdong Rifeng Electric Cable Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
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Guangdong Rifeng Electric Cable 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 Rifeng Electric Cable Co's Interest Coverage

For the Electronics & Computer Distribution subindustry, Guangdong Rifeng Electric Cable 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 Rifeng Electric Cable Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Guangdong Rifeng Electric Cable Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guangdong Rifeng Electric Cable Co's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Guangdong Rifeng Electric Cable 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 Rifeng Electric Cable 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 Rifeng Electric Cable Co's Interest Expense was ¥-20 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥207 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥195 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*206.823/-20.372
=10.15

Guangdong Rifeng Electric Cable 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 Rifeng Electric Cable Co's Interest Expense was ¥-4 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥55 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥176 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*55.309/-3.541
=15.62

* 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 Rifeng Electric Cable Co  (SZSE:002953) 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 Rifeng Electric Cable Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 42, Longping Road, Guangfeng Industrial Park, West District, Guangdong Province, Zhongshan, CHN, 528401
Guangdong Rifeng Electric Cable Co Ltd is a wire and cable manufacturer. It produces all types of cables, including household wires, power cables, rubber cables, control cables, heavy mechanical cables, instrument cables, communication cables, marine cables, connecting cables and power cords. Products are widely used in household appliances, power engineering, petrochemical, metallurgy, construction machinery, communications engineering, wind power, environmental engineering, dam embankment engineering, instrumentation, computer communication control and other fields.
Executives
Li Qiang Directors, executives
Feng Jiu Jing Director
Li Yong Juan Supervisors

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