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Ttet Union (TPE:1232) Interest Coverage : 56.15 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Ttet Union 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. Ttet Union's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$331 Mil. Ttet Union's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-6 Mil. Ttet Union's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 56.15. 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. Ttet Union Corp has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

TPE:1232' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 77.34   Med: 215.81   Max: 555.58
Current: 77.34


TPE:1232's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
83.32% of 1379 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.64 vs TPE:1232: 77.34

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


Ttet Union Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ttet Union'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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Ttet Union Interest Coverage Chart

Ttet Union Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Ttet Union Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 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 166.31 141.56 79.79 71.41 56.15

Competitive Comparison of Ttet Union's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Ttet Union'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.


Ttet Union's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Ttet Union's Interest Coverage falls into.



Ttet Union 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.

Ttet Union'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, Ttet Union's Interest Expense was NT$-15 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$1,525 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$965 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1524.645/-15.117
=100.86

Ttet Union's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Ttet Union's Interest Expense was NT$-6 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$331 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$961 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*330.838/-5.892
=56.15

* 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.


Ttet Union  (TPE:1232) 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 .


Ttet Union Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Ttet Union (TPE:1232) Business Description

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Address
32 Gungye West Road, Erzhen Village,Guantian District, Tainan, TWN, 72048
Ttet Union Corp is a Taiwan based vegetable oil and protein product provider. The company is mainly engaged in the manufacture, sales, processing, import, and export of a variety of vegetable oils and fat, and engaged in cogeneration plant business, wholesale, and retailing of oils. The company's product portfolio includes soybean oil, canola oil, deep-frying oil, palm olein, soybean meal, dehulled high-protein soybean meal, soybean hull pellet, and high-protein soybean flake among others. Geographically, the majority is from Taiwan.

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