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Wens Foodstuff Group Co (SZSE:300498) Interest Coverage : 1.72 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Wens Foodstuff Group 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. Wens Foodstuff Group Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was ¥552 Mil. Wens Foodstuff Group Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was ¥-320 Mil. Wens Foodstuff Group Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 1.72. 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. Wens Foodstuff Group Co Ltds earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

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

SZSE:300498' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.73   Med: 18.25   Max: 241.35
Current: 0.73


SZSE:300498's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
94.49% of 1380 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.405 vs SZSE:300498: 0.73

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


Wens Foodstuff Group Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wens Foodstuff Group 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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Wens Foodstuff Group Co Interest Coverage Chart

Wens Foodstuff Group Co Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
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Wens Foodstuff Group Co Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 12.74 14.10 - - 1.72

Competitive Comparison of Wens Foodstuff Group Co's Interest Coverage

For the Farm Products subindustry, Wens Foodstuff Group 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.


Wens Foodstuff Group Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Wens Foodstuff Group Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wens Foodstuff Group Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Wens Foodstuff Group 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.

Wens Foodstuff Group Co'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, Wens Foodstuff Group Co's Interest Expense was ¥-1,630 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥7,423 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥28,463 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*7423.336/-1629.832
=4.55

Wens Foodstuff Group Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2023, Wens Foodstuff Group Co's Interest Expense was ¥-320 Mil. Its Operating Income was ¥552 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥24,133 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*552.186/-320.256
=1.72

* 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.


Wens Foodstuff Group Co  (SZSE:300498) 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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Wens Foodstuff Group Co (SZSE:300498) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 9, Dongdi North Road, Xincheng Town, Xinxing County, Guangdong Province, Yunfu, CHN, 527400
Wens Foodstuff Group Co Ltd operates as a livestock and poultry farming company in China. The company offers fresh meat products and processed products, including chicken, pig, duck, milk, egg, cooked chicken, deep-sea fish, sheep, pigeons, and other products. It also provides raw milk; and finished milk, such as pasteurized milk, fermented milk, sterilized milk, milk-containing beverages, and other various categories of products.

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