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Ogura Clutch Co (TSE:6408) Interest Coverage : 1.22 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Ogura Clutch 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. Ogura Clutch Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円83 Mil. Ogura Clutch Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円-68 Mil. Ogura Clutch Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.22. 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. Ogura Clutch Co Ltd interest coverage is 1.32, which is low.

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

TSE:6408' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.32   Med: 5.02   Max: 9.61
Current: 1.32


TSE:6408's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
92.84% of 2292 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 13.775 vs TSE:6408: 1.32

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


Ogura Clutch Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ogura Clutch 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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Ogura Clutch Co Interest Coverage Chart

Ogura Clutch Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
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Ogura Clutch Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 4.80 5.07 3.06 - 1.22

Competitive Comparison of Ogura Clutch Co's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Ogura Clutch 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.


Ogura Clutch Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Ogura Clutch Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ogura Clutch 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.

Ogura Clutch Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Ogura Clutch Co's Interest Expense was 円-209 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円498 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円5,273 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*498/-209
=2.38

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Ogura Clutch Co's Interest Expense was 円-68 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円83 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円4,747 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*83/-68
=1.22

* 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.


Ogura Clutch Co  (TSE:6408) 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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Ogura Clutch Co (TSE:6408) Business Description

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Address
2-678, Aioi-cho, Gumma Perfecture, Kiryu, JPN
Ogura Clutch Co., Ltd. is engaged in manufacturing and selling of various types of clutch brakes for office machines, machine tools, construction machines and industrial machines, fiber tensioner, automotive A/C clutches, superchargers, power clutches, oil mist separators, high-pressure coolant systems, disaster prevention systems, among others.

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