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Iwatsuka Confectionery Co (TSE:2221) Interest Coverage : 441.86 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Iwatsuka Confectionery 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. Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円538 Mil. Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円-1 Mil. Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 441.86. 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. Iwatsuka Confectionery Co Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

TSE:2221' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.77   Med: 76.39   Max: 202.48
Current: 111.71


TSE:2221's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
86.37% of 1379 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.61 vs TSE:2221: 111.71

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


Iwatsuka Confectionery Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Iwatsuka Confectionery 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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Iwatsuka Confectionery Co Interest Coverage Chart

Iwatsuka Confectionery Co Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
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Iwatsuka Confectionery Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's Interest Coverage

For the Confectioners subindustry, Iwatsuka Confectionery 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.


Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Iwatsuka Confectionery 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.

Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024, Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's Interest Expense was 円-5 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円603 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円405 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*603.257/-5.4
=111.71

Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Iwatsuka Confectionery Co's Interest Expense was 円-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円538 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円505 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*537.742/-1.217
=441.86

* 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.


Iwatsuka Confectionery Co  (TSE:2221) 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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Iwatsuka Confectionery Co (TSE:2221) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
9750 Ura, Niigata Prefecture, Nagaoka, JPN, 949-5492
Iwatsuka Confectionery Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells rice crackers. It a Japanese firm. Its products include black bean rice crackers, pinch black pepper shrimp, cake flour, wet rice crackers and rice crackers for babies.

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