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Shanghai Medicilon (SHSE:688202) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Shanghai Medicilon 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 Medicilon's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥-9 Mil. Shanghai Medicilon's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ¥-2 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 Shanghai Medicilon's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


SHSE:688202's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 113.1
* 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 Medicilon Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shanghai Medicilon'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 Medicilon Interest Coverage Chart

Shanghai Medicilon Annual Data
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Shanghai Medicilon Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Shanghai Medicilon's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Shanghai Medicilon'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 Medicilon's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Shanghai Medicilon's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Shanghai Medicilon 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 Medicilon'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 Medicilon's Interest Expense was ¥-8 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥-216 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥42 Mil.

Shanghai Medicilon did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Shanghai Medicilon's Interest Expense was ¥-2 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥-9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥126 Mil.

Shanghai Medicilon 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.


Shanghai Medicilon  (SHSE:688202) 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 Medicilon Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Lane 67, Libing Road, Building 5, Pilot Free Trade Zone, Shanghai, CHN, 201299
Shanghai Medicilon Inc is a comprehensive biomedical research and developemnt service company. It provides a full range of one-stop new drug development services for pharmaceutical companies and research institutions around the world in line with domestic and international reporting standards.
Executives
Chen Jin Zhang Director
Chen Guo Xing Director
Lin Zhang Qing Director
Peng Shuang Qing Core technical personnel
Li Zhi Gang Core technical personnel
Xu Yong Mei Core technical personnel
Liu Bin Bin senior management
Zhang Xiao Dong senior management
Xue Chao senior management
Ma Xing Quan senior management
Directors, senior managers, core technical personn
Cai Jin Na Directors, senior managers

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