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Sigurd Microelectronics (TPE:6257) Interest Coverage : 16.90 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Sigurd Microelectronics 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. Sigurd Microelectronics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was NT$915 Mil. Sigurd Microelectronics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was NT$-54 Mil. Sigurd Microelectronics's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 16.90. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

TPE:6257' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.93   Med: 20.86   Max: 33.06
Current: 14.48


TPE:6257's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
57.45% of 604 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 20 vs TPE:6257: 14.48

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


Sigurd Microelectronics Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sigurd Microelectronics'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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Sigurd Microelectronics Interest Coverage Chart

Sigurd Microelectronics 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 19.56 20.83 18.07 7.93 12.69

Sigurd Microelectronics 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 9.59 14.54 13.02 13.73 16.90

Competitive Comparison of Sigurd Microelectronics's Interest Coverage

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Sigurd Microelectronics'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.


Sigurd Microelectronics's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Sigurd Microelectronics's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sigurd Microelectronics's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Sigurd Microelectronics 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.

Sigurd Microelectronics'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, Sigurd Microelectronics's Interest Expense was NT$-242 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$3,076 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$8,931 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*3076.11/-242.391
=12.69

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Sigurd Microelectronics's Interest Expense was NT$-54 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$915 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$5,592 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*914.788/-54.132
=16.90

* 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.


Sigurd Microelectronics  (TPE:6257) 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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Sigurd Microelectronics Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
No. 436, Section 1, Pei-Shing Road, Chu-Tung, Hsinchu, TWN, 31053
Sigurd Microelectronics Corp is engaged in the design, processing, testing, burn-in treatment, manufacture, trading, etc., of integrated circuits. Semiconductors produced by the company are used in applications such as computers, consumer electronics, multimedia, and wireless communication technology. The company also offers testing services, including wafer probe tests, final testing, back-end servicing, test engineering, and laser repair. Its operating segments are Assembly and testing, and International trading. Geographically, it operates in Taiwan, Singapore, America, China, and Others.

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