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Taiyo Bussan Kaisha (TSE:9941) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Taiyo Bussan Kaisha 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. Taiyo Bussan Kaisha's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 円0 Mil. Taiyo Bussan Kaisha's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 円0 Mil. Taiyo Bussan Kaisha has no debt. 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. Taiyo Bussan Kaisha Ltd interest coverage is 3.8, which is low.

(1) 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.

The historical rank and industry rank for Taiyo Bussan Kaisha's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:9941' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.41   Med: 3.52   Max: 4.67
Current: 3.8


TSE:9941's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
71.98% of 257 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 8.49 vs TSE:9941: 3.80

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


Taiyo Bussan Kaisha Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Taiyo Bussan Kaisha'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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Taiyo Bussan Kaisha Interest Coverage Chart

Taiyo Bussan Kaisha Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 3.76 4.28 3.28 4.18

Taiyo Bussan Kaisha Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Sep24 Mar25
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 6.64 4.68 2.93 No Debt No Debt

Competitive Comparison of Taiyo Bussan Kaisha's Interest Coverage

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Taiyo Bussan Kaisha'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.


Taiyo Bussan Kaisha's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Taiyo Bussan Kaisha's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Taiyo Bussan Kaisha's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Taiyo Bussan Kaisha 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.

Taiyo Bussan Kaisha's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024, Taiyo Bussan Kaisha's Interest Expense was 円-64 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円266 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*266.383/-63.682
=4.18

Taiyo Bussan Kaisha's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Taiyo Bussan Kaisha's Interest Expense was 円0 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円0 Mil.

Taiyo Bussan Kaisha had no debt (1).

* 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.


Taiyo Bussan Kaisha  (TSE:9941) 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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Taiyo Bussan Kaisha Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
SHIMOMOTO Building, 3rd Floor, 1-46-3 Hatsudai Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 151-0061
Taiyo Bussan Kaisha Ltd is engaged in the import and export of living materials, industrial materials, food products, and agricultural products. Its product includes soybeans meal, peanuts, rice, wheat, corn, sewn products and clothing accessories, vegetables and fruits, processed foods, equipment for water disposal, industrial machine parts.

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