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Far Eastern New Century (TPE:1402) Interest Coverage : 4.35 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Far Eastern New Century 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. Far Eastern New Century's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$4,789 Mil. Far Eastern New Century's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$-1,101 Mil. Far Eastern New Century's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 4.35. 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. Far Eastern New Century Corp interest coverage is 3.74, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Far Eastern New Century's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:1402' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.21   Med: 4.89   Max: 6.01
Current: 3.74


TPE:1402's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
57.83% of 709 companies
in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry
Industry Median: 5.21 vs TPE:1402: 3.74

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


Far Eastern New Century Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Far Eastern New Century'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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Far Eastern New Century Interest Coverage Chart

Far Eastern New Century 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 4.36 3.57 4.49 4.40 3.21

Far Eastern New Century 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 3.82 3.13 3.06 4.32 4.35

Competitive Comparison of Far Eastern New Century's Interest Coverage

For the Textile Manufacturing subindustry, Far Eastern New Century'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.


Far Eastern New Century's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories Industry

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Far Eastern New Century's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Far Eastern New Century's Interest Coverage falls into.



Far Eastern New Century 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.

Far Eastern New Century'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, Far Eastern New Century's Interest Expense was NT$-4,399 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$14,132 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$215,439 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*14132.223/-4398.866
=3.21

Far Eastern New Century's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Far Eastern New Century's Interest Expense was NT$-1,101 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$4,789 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$201,015 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*4789.189/-1100.963
=4.35

* 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.


Far Eastern New Century  (TPE:1402) 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 .


Far Eastern New Century Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Far Eastern New Century Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
No. 207, Tun Hwa South Road, 36th Floor, Taipei Metro Tower, Section 2, Taipei, TWN
Far Eastern New Century Corp is a Taiwan-based industrial holding company with operations that span Taiwan, China and overseas. The company is organized into a business that includes manufacturing and selling polyester materials and semi-finished and finished textiles such as cotton, synthetic or blended fabrics, towels and bed sheets, and woven and knitted garments; PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles and sheets; and natural, synthetic or blended yarns and polyester textured yarns. It also does yarn, silk and cloth printing and dyeing. Its operating segments include: Investments in production business, which derives key revenue; telecommunication services business; property development business; investment; and other business.

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