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Realtek Semiconductor (TPE:2379) Interest Coverage : 36.26 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Realtek Semiconductor 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. Realtek Semiconductor's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$3,898 Mil. Realtek Semiconductor's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$-108 Mil. Realtek Semiconductor's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 36.26. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

TPE:2379' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.76   Med: 29.49   Max: 162.49
Current: 43.48


TPE:2379's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
64.5% of 614 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 18.845 vs TPE:2379: 43.48

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


Realtek Semiconductor Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Realtek Semiconductor'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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Realtek Semiconductor Interest Coverage Chart

Realtek Semiconductor Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Realtek Semiconductor 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 40.82 16.13 66.96 76.96 36.26

Competitive Comparison of Realtek Semiconductor's Interest Coverage

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Realtek Semiconductor'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.


Realtek Semiconductor's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Realtek Semiconductor's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Realtek Semiconductor's Interest Coverage falls into.



Realtek Semiconductor 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.

Realtek Semiconductor'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, Realtek Semiconductor's Interest Expense was NT$-247 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$6,680 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$3,636 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*6680.461/-247.459
=27.00

Realtek Semiconductor's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Realtek Semiconductor's Interest Expense was NT$-108 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$3,898 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$3,626 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*3898.106/-107.507
=36.26

* 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.


Realtek Semiconductor  (TPE:2379) 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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Realtek Semiconductor Business Description

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Address
No. 2, Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, TWN, 300
Realtek Semiconductor Corp is engaged in researching, developing, manufacturing, and selling of various integrated circuits and related application software. The products of the company include Connected Media ICs, Communications Network ICs, Computer Peripheral ICs, Multimedia ICs, and others. The company derives maximum revenue from the Asian region.

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