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Hakuhodo DY Holdings (Hakuhodo DY Holdings) Interest Coverage

: 34.59 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Hakuhodo DY Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $99 Mil. Hakuhodo DY Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-3 Mil. Hakuhodo DY Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 34.59. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HKUOF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 27.08   Med: 222.03   Max: 466.14
Current: 27.08


HKUOF's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
60.88% of 611 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 11.94 vs HKUOF: 27.08

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


Hakuhodo DY Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hakuhodo DY Holdings'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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Hakuhodo DY Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 158.85 104.02 93.25 107.74 82.70

Hakuhodo DY Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 93.22 65.96 25.14 - 34.59

Competitive Comparison

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Hakuhodo DY Holdings'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.


Hakuhodo DY Holdings Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Hakuhodo DY Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hakuhodo DY Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



Hakuhodo DY Holdings 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.

Hakuhodo DY Holdings's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Hakuhodo DY Holdings's Interest Expense was $-5 Mil. Its Operating Income was $415 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $69 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*414.553/-5.013
=82.70

Hakuhodo DY Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Hakuhodo DY Holdings's Interest Expense was $-3 Mil. Its Operating Income was $99 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $35 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*99.193/-2.868
=34.59

* 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.


Hakuhodo DY Holdings  (OTCPK:HKUOF) 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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Hakuhodo DY Holdings (Hakuhodo DY Holdings) Business Description

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Address
5-3-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 107-6320
Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc is a Japanese holding company that owns advertising companies, integrated media companies, and creative solutions companies. The company earns most of its revenue from its two largest segments, mass media services and marketing promotion. The mass media segments focus on television, newspaper, and magazine advertising. The company's marketing promotion segment focuses on Internet, creative, and promotional services. While the vast majority of the historical company's revenue was derived from Japan, Hakuhodo is expanding internationally through its over 250 subsidiaries around the world.

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