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Taoping (Taoping) Interest Coverage

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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. Taoping's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was $-1.53 Mil. Taoping's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was $-0.26 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


TAOP's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 29.77
* 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.


Taoping Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Taoping'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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Taoping Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
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Taoping Semi-Annual Data
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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 - 8.50 - - -

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Taoping'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.


Taoping Interest Coverage Distribution

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

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



Taoping 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.

Taoping's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, Taoping's Interest Expense was $-0.56 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-3.02 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.02 Mil.

Taoping did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Taoping's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2023, Taoping's Interest Expense was $-0.26 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-1.53 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.01 Mil.

Taoping did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Taoping  (NAS:TAOP) 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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Taoping (Taoping) Business Description

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Everbright Bank Building, 21st Floor, Zhuzilin, Futian District, Guangdong, Shenzhen, CHN, 518040
Taoping Inc is a provider of cloud-app technologies for smart city IoT platforms, digital advertising delivery, and other internet-based information distribution systems in China. Its operating segment includes Cloud-based Technology (CBT), Blockchain Technology (BT), and Traditional Information Technology (TIT). It generates maximum revenue from the CBT segment. CBT segment includes cloud-based products and services offered to customers in the private sector including new media, healthcare, education, and residential community management.