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YASKAWA Electric (FRA:YEC0) Interest Coverage : 24.75 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is YASKAWA Electric 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. YASKAWA Electric's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was €122 Mil. YASKAWA Electric's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was €-5 Mil. YASKAWA Electric's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 24.75. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

FRA:YEC0' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13   Med: 30.59   Max: 53.82
Current: 19.94


FRA:YEC0's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
58.38% of 2304 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 13.775 vs FRA:YEC0: 19.94

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


YASKAWA Electric Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for YASKAWA Electric'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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YASKAWA Electric Interest Coverage Chart

YASKAWA Electric Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.00 21.71 46.49 28.59 19.93

YASKAWA Electric Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 19.60 26.45 21.16 12.04 24.75

Competitive Comparison of YASKAWA Electric's Interest Coverage

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, YASKAWA Electric'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.


YASKAWA Electric's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, YASKAWA Electric's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



YASKAWA Electric 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.

YASKAWA Electric's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024, YASKAWA Electric's Interest Expense was €-21 Mil. Its Operating Income was €410 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €409 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*410.324/-20.589
=19.93

YASKAWA Electric's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2024, YASKAWA Electric's Interest Expense was €-5 Mil. Its Operating Income was €122 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €409 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*121.917/-4.926
=24.75

* 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.


YASKAWA Electric  (FRA:YEC0) 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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YASKAWA Electric (FRA:YEC0) Business Description

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Address
2-1, Kurosaki-shiroishi, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, JPN, 806-0004
Yaskawa Electric manufactures motion control components (servo motors and inverters), industrial robots, and other motor-based products. It operates mainly in Asia, the Americas, and Europe as one of the leading players in the AC servo motor/controller, AC drives (inverter), and robotics markets. According to the company, it has the leading global share with AC Servo motors/controllers, where the company's cumulative AC servo motor shipments reached 20 million units in 2020, and it is also considered as one of the "big four" industrial robotics companies. The company was founded in 1915, and its head office is in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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