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Yueyang Forest & Paper Co (SHSE:600963) Interest Coverage : 2.37 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Yueyang Forest & Paper Co 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. Yueyang Forest & Paper Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥78 Mil. Yueyang Forest & Paper Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥-33 Mil. Yueyang Forest & Paper Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 2.37. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Yueyang Forest & Paper Co Ltd interest coverage is 4.34, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Yueyang Forest & Paper Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SHSE:600963' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.85   Med: 5.07   Max: 9.53
Current: 4.34


SHSE:600963's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
53.66% of 205 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 5.2 vs SHSE:600963: 4.34

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


Yueyang Forest & Paper Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Yueyang Forest & Paper Co'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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Yueyang Forest & Paper Co Interest Coverage Chart

Yueyang Forest & Paper Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
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Yueyang Forest & Paper Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 1.48 - 0.50 6.59 2.37

Competitive Comparison of Yueyang Forest & Paper Co's Interest Coverage

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Yueyang Forest & Paper Co'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.


Yueyang Forest & Paper Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Yueyang Forest & Paper Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yueyang Forest & Paper Co's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Yueyang Forest & Paper Co 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.

Yueyang Forest & Paper Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Yueyang Forest & Paper Co's Interest Expense was ¥-148 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥573 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥3,200 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*573.27/-147.918
=3.88

Yueyang Forest & Paper Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Yueyang Forest & Paper Co's Interest Expense was ¥-33 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥78 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥3,696 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*78.331/-33.044
=2.37

* 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.


Yueyang Forest & Paper Co  (SHSE:600963) 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 .


Yueyang Forest & Paper Co Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Yueyang Forest & Paper Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Hongjiazhou, Chenglingji, Yueyang, Hunan, CHN, 414002
Yueyang Forest & Paper Co Ltd is a China-based cultural paper, industrial paper, packaging paper production enterprise. The company's products are offset printing paper, digital printing paper, copy paper, refined lightweight coated paper, lightweight coated paper, light offset paper, industrial base paper, refined kraft paper, stretch paper bag paper and others. The products are offered to publishers, magazines, large printing plants, paper products processing companies, paper products dealers and others. The company's product enjoys a high reputation in China and its products are exported to many countries and regions.
Executives
Liu Jian Guo Director
Zhuo Hao senior management
Liu Yu Lu Director
Li Zhan Directors, senior managers
Zhong Qiu Sheng senior management
Ma Dong senior management
Zhao Qing Yi senior management
Ye Meng Director
You Chang Shan Director
Yi Lan Kai senior management
Li Zheng Guo senior management
Li Fei Director
Zhu Hong Wei senior management
Shi Xiang Yan senior management
Peng Li Supervisors

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