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Deswell Industries (Deswell Industries) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Deswell Industries 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. Deswell Industries's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $2.10 Mil. Deswell Industries's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Deswell Industries has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Deswell Industries Inc has no debt.

(1) 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.

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

DSWL' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: No Debt   Med: No Debt   Max: No Debt
Current: No Debt


DSWL's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.56% of 1600 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.765 vs DSWL: No Debt

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


Deswell Industries Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Deswell Industries'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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Deswell Industries Interest Coverage Chart

Deswell Industries Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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Deswell Industries Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Deswell Industries's Interest Coverage

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Deswell Industries'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.


Deswell Industries's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Deswell Industries 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.

Deswell Industries'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, Deswell Industries's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2.10 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Deswell Industries had no debt (1).

Deswell Industries's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Deswell Industries's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2.10 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Deswell Industries had no debt (1).

* 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.


Deswell Industries  (NAS:DSWL) 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 .


Deswell Industries Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Deswell Industries (Deswell Industries) Business Description

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Address
10B, Edificio Associacao Industrial De Macau, No. 32-36 Rua do Comandante Mata e Oliveira, Macao, MAC
Deswell Industries Inc is engaged in the manufacturing and selling of injection-molded plastic parts and components. In addition, it also offers manufacturing services for electronic products and subassemblies and manufactures metallic molds and accessory parts for original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers. The company conducts all of its manufacturing activities at separate plastics, electronics and metallic operation factories located in the People's Republic of China. It operates through the Plastic Injection Molding and Electronic Products Assembling segments. The firm offers products such as automobile components, medical testing equipment, parts for audio equipment, av receivers, active subwoofers, digital system key sets, communication products and others.

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