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Excellence Optoelectronics Holding CoTPE:3717 -0.20%2 Interest Coverage is 4.89 as of Dec. 2025, which is 469% above its 10-year median of 0.86. GuruFocus rates TPE:3717 with a GF Score™ of 2/100. The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,678 Hardware companies, Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co ranks worse than 88.56% on this metric.
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. Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co's
Operating Income
for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2025 was NT$113 Mil. Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co's Interest Expense for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2025 was NT$-23 Mil.
Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was 4.89.
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. Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co interest coverage is 2.02, which is low.
Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co (TPE:3717) 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 .
Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co Interest Coverage Related Terms
Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co Interest Coverage Historical Data
* 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.
Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co Interest Coverage Chart
Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co Annual Data
Trend
Dec24
Dec25
Interest Coverage
0.31
1.41
Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co Quarterly Data
Sep24
Dec24
Sep25
Dec25
Interest Coverage
1.63
0.00
0.00
4.89
TPE:3717 vs APH, GLW: Interest Coverage Comparison
For the Electronic Components subindustry, Excellence Optoelectronics Holding 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.
Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co Interest Coverage vs Hardware Industry
Excellence Optoelectronics Holding 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:
* 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.
Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co (TPE:3717) has a Interest Coverage of 4.89 as of Dec. 2025. Interest Coverage measures a company's capability to pay interest expenses on its debt. View historical data on Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co and its competitors. This is 469% above median its historical median of 0.86. Over the past decade, Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co's Interest Coverage has ranged from 0.31 to 2.02. According to the industry distribution chart, Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co ranks #1486 out of 1678 companies in the Hardware industry, placing it in the top 88.6%.
Is Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co's Interest Coverage too high?
Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co's current Interest Coverage of 4.89 is 469% above median its 10-year median of 0.86. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 0.31 to a high of 2.02. The Hardware industry median Interest Coverage is 13.65. Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co's value of 4.89 is 64.2% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co ranks #1486 out of 1678 companies in the Hardware industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co has a GF Score™ of 2/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co's Interest Coverage compare to APH and GLW?
According to the Hardware industry distribution chart, Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co ranks #1486 out of 1678 companies for Interest Coverage. This places Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Interest Coverage is 13.65. Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co's value of 4.89 is 64.2% below this benchmark. Historically, Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co's own Interest Coverage has ranged from 0.31 to 2.02 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 0.86 vs. the industry median of 13.65, Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co has consistently been below the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Interest Coverage for a Hardware company?
The median Interest Coverage among Hardware companies is 13.65, based on 1,678 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Interest Coverage significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Interest Coverage should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co's current Interest Coverage of 4.89 is 64.2% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Interest Coverage mean?
A high Interest Coverage can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Interest Coverage measures a company's capability to pay interest expenses on its debt. View historical data on Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co and its competitors. For the Hardware industry, the median Interest Coverage is 13.65 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co's current Interest Coverage is 4.89, which is 469% above median its own 10-year median of 0.86. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co stock overvalued right now?
Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co (TPE:3717) has a current Interest Coverage of 4.89. The current Interest Coverage is 4.89, which is 469% above median its 10-year median of 0.86 and 64.2% below the Hardware industry median of 13.65. Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co's overall GF Score™ is 2/100 with 3 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Interest Coverage calculated?
Interest Coverage is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co (TPE:3717), the current Interest Coverage is 4.89 as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co Business Description
Excellence Optoelectronics Holding Co is a high technology-oriented company. It is a professional LED lamp manufacturer producing top quality of Super High Brightness LED lamps with AlInGaP and InGaN chip materials. It's subsidiaries nclude the design, development, testing, manufacturing of LED components, OEM/ODM LED modules and patented solution for the automotive market; LED traffic signals, LED street lighting, industrial lighting and LED consumer products for the energy-saving market; and the design, installation and construction of energy-saving products for government and public sector projects.
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