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Shinkong Synthetic Fiber (TPE:1409) Interest Coverage : 2.21 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Shinkong Synthetic Fiber 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. Shinkong Synthetic Fiber's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was NT$1,197 Mil. Shinkong Synthetic Fiber's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was NT$-542 Mil. Shinkong Synthetic Fiber's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 2.21. 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. Shinkong Synthetic Fiber Corp interest coverage is 1.89, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Shinkong Synthetic Fiber's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:1409' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.76   Med: 4.63   Max: 9.93
Current: 1.89


TPE:1409's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
73.14% of 726 companies
in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry
Industry Median: 5.19 vs TPE:1409: 1.89

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


Shinkong Synthetic Fiber Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shinkong Synthetic Fiber'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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Shinkong Synthetic Fiber Interest Coverage Chart

Shinkong Synthetic Fiber 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 N/A 5.37 9.93 4.63 1.76

Shinkong Synthetic Fiber Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
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 1.78 1.54 1.83 1.90 2.21

Competitive Comparison of Shinkong Synthetic Fiber's Interest Coverage

For the Textile Manufacturing subindustry, Shinkong Synthetic Fiber'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.


Shinkong Synthetic Fiber's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories Industry

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Shinkong Synthetic Fiber's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shinkong Synthetic Fiber's Interest Coverage falls into.



Shinkong Synthetic Fiber 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.

Shinkong Synthetic Fiber'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, Shinkong Synthetic Fiber's Interest Expense was NT$-1,732 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$3,041 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$22,711 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3040.944/-1732.214
=1.76

Shinkong Synthetic Fiber's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2024, Shinkong Synthetic Fiber's Interest Expense was NT$-542 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$1,197 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$24,100 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*1197.28/-541.557
=2.21

* 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.


Shinkong Synthetic Fiber  (TPE:1409) 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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Shinkong Synthetic Fiber Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 136, Ren Ai Road, Section 3, Lotus Building, 5th Floor, Da An District, Taipei, TWN, 10657
Shinkong Synthetic Fiber Corp is a Taiwan-based company that is principally engaged in the production and distribution of chemical fiber products and plastic products. The company's chemical fiber products include polyester staple fibers, polyester filaments, industrial yarn, draw textured yarn, and others. The plastic products consist of polyester resin, bottle grade resin, PET bottle preforms, PET bottles, Engineering polymers, and PE sheets. The company generates the majority of its total revenue from chemical fiber products and plastic products. The company mainly conducts operations in Asia and Europe and generates the majority of its total revenue from the Asia market.

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