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Formosa Oilseed Processing Co (TPE:1225) Interest Coverage : 5.60 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Formosa Oilseed Processing 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. Formosa Oilseed Processing Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$99 Mil. Formosa Oilseed Processing Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$-18 Mil. Formosa Oilseed Processing Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 5.60. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Formosa Oilseed Processing Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:1225' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.96   Med: 15.25   Max: 20.91
Current: 7.34


TPE:1225's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
53.46% of 1446 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.77 vs TPE:1225: 7.34

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


Formosa Oilseed Processing Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Formosa Oilseed Processing 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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Formosa Oilseed Processing Co Interest Coverage Chart

Formosa Oilseed Processing Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Formosa Oilseed Processing Co Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 9.75 9.40 5.03 9.34 5.60

Competitive Comparison of Formosa Oilseed Processing Co's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Formosa Oilseed Processing 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.


Formosa Oilseed Processing Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Formosa Oilseed Processing Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Formosa Oilseed Processing Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Formosa Oilseed Processing 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.

Formosa Oilseed Processing Co'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, Formosa Oilseed Processing Co's Interest Expense was NT$-75 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$463 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$1,542 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*462.705/-74.753
=6.19

Formosa Oilseed Processing Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Formosa Oilseed Processing Co's Interest Expense was NT$-18 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$99 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$1,110 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*99.384/-17.736
=5.60

* 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.


Formosa Oilseed Processing Co  (TPE:1225) 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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Formosa Oilseed Processing Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 453, Section 1, Shatian Road, Dadu District, Taichung, TWN
Formosa Oilseed Processing Co Ltd is a company principally engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of oil products and feedstuff. Its businesses include the manufacturing and the selling of soybean oil, soy flour, flour, oatmeal, corn, pet food, and import and export transactions. Its feedstuff products include soybean powder, wheat powder, wheat bran, barley, and mixed feedstuff, among others. The company no longer engages in the production of flour.

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