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FreeMs (XKRX:053160) Interest Coverage : 1.98 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is FreeMs 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. FreeMs's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₩27 Mil. FreeMs's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₩-13 Mil. FreeMs's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.98. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


XKRX:053160's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 13.15
* 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.


FreeMs Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for FreeMs'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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FreeMs Interest Coverage Chart

FreeMs Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
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FreeMs Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of FreeMs's Interest Coverage

For the Electronic Components subindustry, FreeMs'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.


FreeMs's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, FreeMs's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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FreeMs 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.

FreeMs'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, FreeMs's Interest Expense was ₩-30 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₩-2,346 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₩0 Mil.

FreeMs did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, FreeMs's Interest Expense was ₩-13 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₩27 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₩0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*26.527/-13.42
=1.98

* 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.


FreeMs  (XKRX:053160) 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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FreeMs Business Description

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14, Samjak-ro 178beon-gil, Ojeong-gu, Gyeonggi-do, Bucheon-si, KOR, 421-160
FreeMs Corp is a Korean manufacturer of Wire harness, Main control unit (MCU), Cluster (Panel Guage) in the construction and heavy industrial equipment fields. The organization is also involved in the business with EMS (Electronic manufacturing services) such as cash dispensing machine, ATM and automatic bill payment machine. The organization offered products have applications in industrial vehicles, CNG engines, construction machineries, agricultural machineries, railroad and others. The EMS business also provides OEM services for banking terminal units such as passbook printers, cash dispensers and horse racing ticket dispensers, and surface mounting technology service products such as LCD modules for mobile phones and LED board assemblies.

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