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Lien Hwa Industrial Holding (TPE:1229) Interest Coverage : 4.29 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Lien Hwa Industrial Holding 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. Lien Hwa Industrial Holding's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$224 Mil. Lien Hwa Industrial Holding's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-52 Mil. Lien Hwa Industrial Holding's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.29. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lien Hwa Industrial Holding's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:1229' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.7   Med: 13.22   Max: 17.35
Current: 7.45


TPE:1229's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
56.89% of 399 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 5.11 vs TPE:1229: 7.45

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


Lien Hwa Industrial Holding Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lien Hwa Industrial Holding'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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Lien Hwa Industrial Holding Interest Coverage Chart

Lien Hwa Industrial Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.33 15.82 16.06 16.29 10.62

Lien Hwa Industrial Holding Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Mar24
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 0.62 2.29 17.11 1.24 4.29

Competitive Comparison of Lien Hwa Industrial Holding's Interest Coverage

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Lien Hwa Industrial Holding'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.


Lien Hwa Industrial Holding's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Lien Hwa Industrial Holding's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lien Hwa Industrial Holding's Interest Coverage falls into.



Lien Hwa Industrial Holding 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.

Lien Hwa Industrial Holding's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, Lien Hwa Industrial Holding's Interest Expense was NT$-147 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$1,564 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$3,630 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*1563.553/-147.192
=10.62

Lien Hwa Industrial Holding's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Lien Hwa Industrial Holding's Interest Expense was NT$-52 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$224 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$3,651 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*224.461/-52.272
=4.29

* 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.


Lien Hwa Industrial Holding  (TPE:1229) 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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Lien Hwa Industrial Holding (TPE:1229) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 44, Section 1, Chengde Road, 6th Floor, Datong District, Taipei, TWN
Lien Hwa Industrial Holding Corp is engaged in flour production and sale, real estate rental, integrated system service, automatic system, and other electronic businesses. The company has five reportable segments. The rental business provides real property rental and development services. The noodle business manufactures and sells all kinds of noodles and processed foods. The noodle business overseas is a noodles manufacturing and sale company. The system integration service business provides the system integration service, automatic system, applied software design, and sale of industrial computers. The administrative resource center is responsible for the management of domestic/foreign investment business.

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