President Chain Store (TPE:2912) Interest Coverage : 7.60 (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is President Chain Store 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. President Chain Store's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was NT$3,622 Mil. President Chain Store's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was NT$-477 Mil. President Chain Store's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 7.60. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for President Chain Store's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:2912' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.64 Med: 10.6 Max: 110.27
Current: 8.64

TPE:2912's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
50% of 254 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 8.605 vs TPE:2912: 8.64

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

President Chain Store Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for President Chain Store'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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President Chain Store Interest Coverage Chart

President Chain Store Annual Data

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9.24

8.85

10.46

9.99

8.64

President Chain Store Quarterly Data
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Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															9.70	9.26	9.09	6.73	7.60

Competitive Comparison of President Chain Store's Interest Coverage

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, President Chain Store'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.

President Chain Store's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, President Chain Store's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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President Chain Store 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.

President Chain Store's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, President Chain Store's Interest Expense was NT$-1,621 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$13,996 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$95,046 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )	/	Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
	=	-1	*	13995.567	/	-1620.707
	=	8.64

President Chain Store's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, President Chain Store's Interest Expense was NT$-477 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$3,622 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$100,975 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
	=	-1	*	3622.492	/	-476.664
	=	7.60

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

President Chain Store (TPE:2912) 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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65 Tung Hsing Road, 2nd Floor, Taipei, TWN, 105

Website

https://www.7-11.com.tw

President Chain Store Corporation, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in managing convenience stores, restaurants, drugstores, department stores, supermarkets, and online shopping stores under different brands. It focuses on offering various daily consumer goods, such as fresh food, beverages, cosmetics, and household items. One of its key operations includes the management of 7-Eleven stores across Taiwan and other regions. The group operates in Taiwan, Mainland China, the Philippines, and Japan. Its reportable segments are Convenience stores, which derive maximum revenue, Retail business group, Logistics business group, and Other operating segments. Geographically, the group derives a majority of its revenue from Taiwan, followed by other regions.

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