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Sony Financial Holdings (TSE:8729) Interest Coverage : 12.69 (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is Sony Financial Holdings 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 EBIT by its Interest Expense. Sony Financial Holdings's EBIT for the three months ended in Jun. 2020 was 円21,288 Mil. Sony Financial Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2020 was 円-1,677 Mil. Sony Financial Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 12.69. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sony Financial Holdings's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


TSE:8729's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 13.355
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Sony Financial Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sony Financial Holdings'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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Sony Financial Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Sony Financial Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20
Interest Coverage
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Sony Financial Holdings Quarterly Data
Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20
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Competitive Comparison of Sony Financial Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Sony Financial Holdings'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.


Sony Financial Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Sony Financial Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sony Financial Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



Sony Financial Holdings 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 EBIT is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and EBIT 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.

Sony Financial Holdings's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2020 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2020, Sony Financial Holdings's Interest Expense was 円-14,255 Mil. Its EBIT was 円120,838 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円413,082 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (A: Mar. 2020 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2020 )
=-1*120838/-14255
=8.48

Sony Financial Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2020, Sony Financial Holdings's Interest Expense was 円-1,677 Mil. Its EBIT was 円21,288 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円502,771 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (Q: Jun. 2020 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2020 )
=-1*21288/-1677
=12.69

* 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.


Sony Financial Holdings  (TSE:8729) 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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Sony Financial Holdings (TSE:8729) Business Description

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Address
1-9-2, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 100-8179
Sony Financial Holdings Inc is a Japanese financial holding company with three core subsidiaries: Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (Sony Life), Sony Assurance Inc. (Sony Assurance) and Sony Bank Inc. (Sony Bank). Sony Life provides customers with a range of life insurance products and services to fulfill diverse customer requirements, death benefit, and other similar protection products. Sony Assurance provides automobile insurance SURE medical and cancer insurance. Sony Bank provides deposits, mortgage loans, investment trusts, foreign-currency margin trading and other services. The company has three business segments namely Life Insurance Business, Non-life Insurance Business and Banking Business. Most of the company's revenue comes from Life Insurance Business.

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