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Shinsegae Co (XKRX:004170) Interest Coverage : 2.69 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Shinsegae 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. Shinsegae Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₩132,455 Mil. Shinsegae Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₩-49,256 Mil. Shinsegae Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 2.69. 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. Shinsegae Co Ltd interest coverage is 2.27, which is low.

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

XKRX:004170' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.7   Med: 3.92   Max: 5.4
Current: 2.27


XKRX:004170's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
77.97% of 799 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 7.72 vs XKRX:004170: 2.27

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


Shinsegae Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shinsegae 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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Shinsegae Co Interest Coverage Chart

Shinsegae Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.70 4.83 5.40 3.79 2.44

Shinsegae Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 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 3.40 2.46 1.85 2.09 2.69

Competitive Comparison of Shinsegae Co's Interest Coverage

For the Department Stores subindustry, Shinsegae 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.


Shinsegae Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Shinsegae Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Shinsegae 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.

Shinsegae Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Shinsegae Co's Interest Expense was ₩-195,860 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₩477,259 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₩2,867,560 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*477259.307/-195860.336
=2.44

Shinsegae Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Shinsegae Co's Interest Expense was ₩-49,256 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₩132,455 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₩2,954,582 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*132454.5/-49256.466
=2.69

* 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.


Shinsegae Co  (XKRX:004170) 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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Shinsegae Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
63, Sogong-ro, Shinsegae Department Store Building, Jung-gu, Seoul, KOR, 100-747
Shinsegae Co Ltd is a Korea-based company engaged in the department store business. Through its department stores, the company provides various branded products, including HERMS, LOUIS VUITTON, TIFFANY & CO., BURBERRY, and Carlier. The company operates its department stores in various cities, including Centum City, Gangnam, Incheon, Gyeonggi, Masan,and others.

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