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Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co (TPE:8473) Interest Coverage : 6.39 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Forest Water Environmental Eng'g 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. Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$247 Mil. Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-39 Mil. Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 6.39. 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. Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co Ltd interest coverage is 3.48, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:8473' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.27   Med: 5.1   Max: 7.91
Current: 3.48


TPE:8473's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
60.36% of 169 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 4.94 vs TPE:8473: 3.48

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


Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Forest Water Environmental Eng'g 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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Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co Interest Coverage Chart

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.36 4.34 4.83 0.27 2.41

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 1.80 2.35 3.53 1.97 6.39

Competitive Comparison of Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Interest Coverage

For the Waste Management subindustry, Forest Water Environmental Eng'g 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.


Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Forest Water Environmental Eng'g 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.

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Interest Expense was NT$-169 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$407 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$1,644 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*406.952/-168.769
=2.41

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Interest Expense was NT$-39 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$247 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$1,607 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*246.858/-38.639
=6.39

* 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.


Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co  (TPE:8473) 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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Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co (TPE:8473) Business Description

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Address
Number 99 Jilin Road, 3rd Floor, Zhongshan District, Taipei, TWN
Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co Ltd is engaged in desalination engineering, wastewater recycling & reuse and water purification process, and sewage treatment. It also provides the construction of a water purification plant, the construction of a sewage treatment plant in the scientific industrial park, and the construction of a sewage treatment plant.

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