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Lotes Co (TPE:3533) Interest Coverage : 111.08 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Lotes Co 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. Lotes Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was NT$2,448 Mil. Lotes Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was NT$-22 Mil. Lotes Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 111.08. 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. Lotes Co Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

TPE:3533' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 60.07   Med: 126.58   Max: 219.73
Current: 122.79


TPE:3533's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
82.08% of 1602 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 13.105 vs TPE:3533: 122.79

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


Lotes Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lotes Co'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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Lotes Co Interest Coverage Chart

Lotes Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 199.39 154.33 132.03 97.51 118.65

Lotes Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 94.22 139.94 144.06 105.46 111.08

Competitive Comparison of Lotes Co's Interest Coverage

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Lotes Co'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.


Lotes Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Lotes Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lotes Co's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Lotes Co 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.

Lotes Co'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, Lotes Co's Interest Expense was NT$-86 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$10,246 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$703 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*10246.316/-86.36
=118.65

Lotes Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Lotes Co's Interest Expense was NT$-22 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$2,448 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$700 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*2448.339/-22.041
=111.08

* 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.


Lotes Co  (TPE:3533) 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 .


Lotes Co Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Lotes Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 15, Wuxun Street, Anle District, Keelung, TWN, 204
Lotes Co Ltd is principally engaged in the sale and purchase of various hardware parts and components, the manufacturing and processing of various terminals and their connectors, the import and export business in connection with the preceding item, and the agency of the preceding item in connection with the tender quotation and distribution of products of domestic and foreign manufacturers. It distributes its products within the domestic market and overseas markets.

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