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Union Insurance (TPE:2816) Interest Coverage : 82.54 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Union Insurance 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 EBIT by its Interest Expense. Union Insurance's EBIT for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$212 Mil. Union Insurance's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$-3 Mil. Union Insurance's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 82.54. 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. Union Insurance has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

TPE:2816' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 127.78   Med: 299.37   Max: 1781.8
Current: 127.78


TPE:2816's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
80.5% of 323 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.66 vs TPE:2816: 127.78

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


Union Insurance Interest Coverage Historical Data

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

Union Insurance Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Union Insurance 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 148.57 86.01 176.05 169.63 82.54

Competitive Comparison of Union Insurance's Interest Coverage

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Union Insurance'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.


Union Insurance's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Union Insurance's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Union Insurance 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 EBIT is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and EBIT 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.

Union Insurance'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, Union Insurance's Interest Expense was NT$-7 Mil. Its EBIT was NT$1,317 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$18 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1316.874/-7.265
=181.26

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

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Union Insurance's Interest Expense was NT$-3 Mil. Its EBIT was NT$212 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$16 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*211.552/-2.563
=82.54

* 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.


Union Insurance  (TPE:2816) 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 .


Union Insurance Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Union Insurance Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 219, Zhongxiao East Road, 12th Floor, Section 4, Daan District, Taipei, TWN, 10690
Union Insurance is a Taiwan-based company engaged in the insurance business engaged in the underwriting of fire, marine, automobile, engineering, liability, and accident insurance, reinsurance, and insurance businesses entrusted by other companies, performing a variety of investments and other businesses in accordance with the regulations. Its product portfolio includes Motor Insurance, Traveler Accident Insurance, Accident and Health Insurance, Fire Property Insurance, Casualty Insurance, Engineering Insurance, and Marine Insurance.

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