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KPX Chemical Co (XKRX:025000) Interest Coverage : 13.06 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is KPX Chemical 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. KPX Chemical Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₩11,630 Mil. KPX Chemical Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₩-890 Mil. KPX Chemical Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 13.06. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

XKRX:025000' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 15.8   Med: 35.22   Max: 119.1
Current: 15.8


XKRX:025000's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
59.14% of 1187 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.98 vs XKRX:025000: 15.80

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


KPX Chemical Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for KPX Chemical 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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KPX Chemical Co Interest Coverage Chart

KPX Chemical Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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KPX Chemical Co Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 22.27 19.73 17.70 13.07 13.06

Competitive Comparison of KPX Chemical Co's Interest Coverage

For the Chemicals subindustry, KPX Chemical 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.


KPX Chemical Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

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



KPX Chemical 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.

KPX Chemical 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, KPX Chemical Co's Interest Expense was ₩-3,488 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₩58,389 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₩8,419 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*58389.002/-3488.282
=16.74

KPX Chemical Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, KPX Chemical Co's Interest Expense was ₩-890 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₩11,630 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₩6,386 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*11630.485/-890.352
=13.06

* 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.


KPX Chemical Co  (XKRX:025000) 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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KPX Chemical Co Business Description

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Address
37, Mapo-daero, Mapo-Gu, Seoul, KOR, 04143
KPX Chemical Co Ltd is a Korea-based company engaged in manufacturing, supply, and distribution of polyether polyol and electronic chemical materials. The company's products are used in furniture, shoe, textile, automobile, appliance, construction, container, and other industries. It offers polyethers for flexible slab-foam, flexible mold-foam, semi-rigid urethane foam, and non-foam; polyether polyol for rigid urethane foam; and cross-linking agents, and the electronic chemicals materials are used for flat panel displays (FPDs), semiconductors and other industries, and chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) pads. The group distributes its products within the Korean and overseas markets.

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