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Founding Construction Development Co (TPE:5533) Interest Coverage : 54.16 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Founding Construction Development 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. Founding Construction Development Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was NT$40 Mil. Founding Construction Development Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was NT$-1 Mil. Founding Construction Development Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 54.16. 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. Founding Construction Development Co Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

TPE:5533' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.52   Med: 10.58   Max: 274.55
Current: 62.32


TPE:5533's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
84.97% of 1317 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 3.97 vs TPE:5533: 62.32

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


Founding Construction Development Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Founding Construction Development 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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Founding Construction Development Co Interest Coverage Chart

Founding Construction Development Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
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Founding Construction Development 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 49.20 9.50 100.84 57.18 54.16

Competitive Comparison of Founding Construction Development Co's Interest Coverage

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Founding Construction Development 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.


Founding Construction Development Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Founding Construction Development Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Founding Construction Development Co's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Founding Construction Development 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.

Founding Construction Development 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, Founding Construction Development Co's Interest Expense was NT$-8 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$478 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$993 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*478.237/-7.765
=61.59

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Founding Construction Development Co's Interest Expense was NT$-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$40 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$964 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*39.916/-0.737
=54.16

* 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.


Founding Construction Development Co  (TPE:5533) 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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Founding Construction Development Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 294, Section 1, Dunhua South Road, 3rd Floor, Da’an District, Taipei, TWN
Founding Construction Development Co Ltd is engaged in the appointments and management of contractors to build public housing developments and commercial buildings for leasing and selling, trading of construction materials and machines, designs, and works of interior decoration. Its operating segment comprises the Architecture segment, Construction segment, and Hospitality segment. The Architecture segment accounts for the majority of its revenue.

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