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Asia Cork (STU:6A3) Interest Expense : €-0.12 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2010)


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What is Asia Cork Interest Expense?

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money. Asia Cork's interest expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2010 was € -0.12 Mil. Its interest expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2010 was €-0.12 Mil.

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. Asia Cork's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2010 was € 4.55 Mil. Asia Cork's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2010 was € -0.12 Mil. Asia Cork's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was 37.95. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is. Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Asia Cork Interest Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Asia Cork's Interest Expense 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.

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Asia Cork Interest Expense Chart

Asia Cork Annual Data
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Interest Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - -0.20 -0.21 -0.12

Asia Cork Semi-Annual Data
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Interest Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - -0.20 -0.21 -0.12

Asia Cork Interest Expense Calculation

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money.

For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Interest Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2010 was €-0.12 Mil.

* 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.


Asia Cork  (STU:6A3) Interest Expense Explanation

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. The higher, the better.

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

Asia Cork's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2010 was €-0.12 Mil. Its Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2010 was €4.55 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the six months ended in Dec. 2010 was €0.00 Mil.

Asia Cork's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2010 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2010 )
=-1*4.554/-0.12
=37.95

* 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.


Asia Cork (STU:6A3) Business Description

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Asia Cork Incorporated formerly known as Hankersen International Corp., was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on August 1, 1996. On July 11, 2008, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Asia Cork Inc., was merged into its parent, the Company, in order to change the name of the Company, after approval by the Board of Directors of the Company according to the Delaware General Corporation Law. As permitted by Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company assumed the name of its wholly owned subsidiary following the merger and now operates under the name Asia Cork Inc. The Company through its subsidiaries is engaged in the development, manufacture and distribution of cork products including cork wood floor, wall and decorating materials. It produces approximately seven series of cork flooring planks with over approximately 50 different patterns, colors and granules. It produces approximately 16 types of cork wallboard and approximately three types of cork art crafts with different patterns. It products include Cork Granule, Cork Sheet and Roll, Glue-down Floor, Floating Floor, Cork Wallboard and Basic Board. All these products utilize staining technology to create different colors. Its cork art crafts include ornaments and decorations. Wallboard could also be used as decorative material. It also sells semi-finished cork products to other manufacturers which use cork granule and sheet roll as raw materials. Cork granule comes in varies sizes and is the early stage of cork material processing. It sells its products directly to customers in China through its own sales team, and it distributes its products to customers overseas through unrelated distributors and sales agents. The countries in which its products were distributed through these sales agents include India, the United States of America, Germany and Japan. The Company competes with Portugal cork manufacturers as its major product is cork stopper used for wine bottles, which usually accounts for one third of its total sales and even higher percentage of profit. Domestically, the Company competes with local mid-sized cork manufacturers. These companies' products are semi-finished cork boards, sheets and roles.

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