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Franbo Lines (ROCO:2641) Interest Coverage : 5.44 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Franbo Lines 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. Franbo Lines's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$161 Mil. Franbo Lines's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-30 Mil. Franbo Lines's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.44. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

ROCO:2641' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.46   Med: 1.91   Max: 10.25
Current: 5.29


ROCO:2641's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
50.37% of 818 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.395 vs ROCO:2641: 5.29

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


Franbo Lines Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Franbo Lines'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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Franbo Lines Interest Coverage Chart

Franbo Lines Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.63 2.18 8.84 10.25 5.34

Franbo Lines Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 5.89 5.69 6.12 4.29 5.44

Competitive Comparison of Franbo Lines's Interest Coverage

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Franbo Lines'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.


Franbo Lines's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Franbo Lines's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Franbo Lines 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.

Franbo Lines's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Franbo Lines's Interest Expense was NT$-96 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$512 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$2,056 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*512.396/-96.026
=5.34

Franbo Lines's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Franbo Lines's Interest Expense was NT$-30 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$161 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$2,066 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*161.075/-29.59
=5.44

* 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.


Franbo Lines  (ROCO:2641) 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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Franbo Lines (ROCO:2641) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Haibian Road, 3rd Floor, No.31, Lingya District, Kaohsiung, TWN, 802
Franbo Lines Corp is a Taiwan based company engaged in offering ocean transport, consulting and shipping agency services. It provides the ship freight forwarder, ship chartering, ship operation and other services. Its business areas include Time charter of vessel, Freight forwarding service and Vessel management. The company owned the vessels with the official cross-strait direct flights were given special permission which is one of the majority's bulk carrier and general cargo shipping business between China and Taiwan.

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