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Shanghai Laiyifen Co (SHSE:603777) Interest Coverage : 2.40 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Shanghai Laiyifen 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. Shanghai Laiyifen Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥16 Mil. Shanghai Laiyifen Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥-7 Mil. Shanghai Laiyifen Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 2.40. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


SHSE:603777's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Retail - Defensive industry.
Industry Median: 8.57
* 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.


Shanghai Laiyifen Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shanghai Laiyifen 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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Shanghai Laiyifen Co Interest Coverage Chart

Shanghai Laiyifen Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
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Shanghai Laiyifen Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of Shanghai Laiyifen Co's Interest Coverage

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Shanghai Laiyifen 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.


Shanghai Laiyifen Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Shanghai Laiyifen Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shanghai Laiyifen Co's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Shanghai Laiyifen 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.

Shanghai Laiyifen 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, Shanghai Laiyifen Co's Interest Expense was ¥-17 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥-37 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥165 Mil.

Shanghai Laiyifen Co did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Shanghai Laiyifen Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Shanghai Laiyifen Co's Interest Expense was ¥-7 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥16 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥121 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*15.738/-6.551
=2.40

* 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.


Shanghai Laiyifen Co  (SHSE:603777) 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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Shanghai Laiyifen Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 300, Jiufu Road, Jiuting Town, Songjiang District, Shanghai, CHN, 201615
Shanghai Laiyifen Co Ltd is an omnichannel operator of its own branded snack foods. The company's core brand is Lai Yifen. Its products cover nuts, meat products, dried fruit, pastries, vegetables, soy products and 9 categories of snack foods such as aquatic products, chocolate candies/jelly and puffed.
Executives
Jiang Zhen Duo Supervisors
Zhang Li Hua Supervisors
Zhou Chen Jun senior management
Zhi Rui Qi senior management
Zhang Qin Director
Dai Yi Director
Xu Sai Hua Directors, senior managers
Wang Fang senior management
Yu Rui Fen Director
Zhang Pan Hong Director

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