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AGV Products (TPE:1217) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is AGV Products 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. AGV Products's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$-33 Mil. AGV Products's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$-32 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. AGV Products Corps earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for AGV Products's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:1217' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.52   Med: 1.19   Max: 1.74
Current: 0.81


TPE:1217's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
93.95% of 1373 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.55 vs TPE:1217: 0.81

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


AGV Products Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for AGV Products'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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AGV Products Interest Coverage Chart

AGV Products Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.96 1.74 1.39 1.44 0.98

AGV Products Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 3.55 - 0.91 2.49 -

Competitive Comparison of AGV Products's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, AGV Products'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.


AGV Products's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, AGV Products's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AGV Products's Interest Coverage falls into.



AGV Products 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.

AGV Products'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, AGV Products's Interest Expense was NT$-133 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$131 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$3,617 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*130.768/-132.766
=0.98

AGV Products's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, AGV Products's Interest Expense was NT$-32 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$-33 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$3,617 Mil.

AGV Products did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


AGV Products  (TPE:1217) 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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AGV Products (TPE:1217) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 11, Gongye 2nd Road, Touqiao Industrial Zone, Xingnan Village, Minxiong Township, Chiayi County, TWN
AGV Products Corp is engaged in manufacturing, processing, and distributing food products. It provides varieties of juices, dairy products, traditional food, and healthcare products. The company's products include green tea, herb tea, milk tea, spicy chili sauce, sweet chili sauce, pickled cucumber; olive oil, grape seed oil, canned food, and soft drinks among others. The segments of the company are the room temperature segment, low-temperature segment, international trade segment, health segment, and OEM segment. The majority of the revenue of the company comes from the Room Temperature segment.

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