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Artience Co (TSE:4634) Interest Coverage : 7.71 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Artience 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. Artience Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 円4,357 Mil. Artience Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 円-565 Mil. Artience Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 7.71. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

TSE:4634' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.03   Med: 21.99   Max: 25.03
Current: 7.64


TSE:4634's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
56.23% of 1179 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.55 vs TSE:4634: 7.64

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


Artience Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Artience 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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Artience Co Interest Coverage Chart

Artience Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 20.46 24.83 23.91 5.03 6.89

Artience 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 4.39 6.57 6.52 10.55 7.71

Competitive Comparison of Artience Co's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Artience 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.


Artience Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Artience Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Artience 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.

Artience 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, Artience Co's Interest Expense was 円-1,942 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円13,376 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円50,161 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*13376/-1942
=6.89

Artience Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Artience Co's Interest Expense was 円-565 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円4,357 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円56,044 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*4357/-565
=7.71

* 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.


Artience Co  (TSE:4634) 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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Artience Co (TSE:4634) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
3-13 Kyobashi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 104-8377
Artience Co Ltd is a holding company whose subsidiaries manufacture and sell a variety of chemicals and inks. The firm organizes itself into various segments based on product type. The printing and information segment, which generates the Most revenue, sells printing inks used for ink-jet printers, newspapers, magazines, and other printed materials. The colorants and functional materials segment sells pigments, plastic colorants, and liquid crystal display color filter materials. The polymers and coatings segments sells coatings, adhesives, plastic resins, and can coatings. The packaging materials segment sells packaging inks used for food and consumer goods packaging. Most of Toyo Ink's revenue comes from Japan.

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