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New China Life Insurance Co (SHSE:601336) Interest Coverage : 1.26 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is New China Life Insurance 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 EBIT by its Interest Expense. New China Life Insurance Co's EBIT for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥24,977 Mil. New China Life Insurance Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥-19,835 Mil. New China Life Insurance Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.26. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for New China Life Insurance Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SHSE:601336' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.04   Med: 1.19   Max: 1.29
Current: 1.04


SHSE:601336's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
94.8% of 327 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.81 vs SHSE:601336: 1.04

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


New China Life Insurance Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for New China Life Insurance 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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New China Life Insurance Co Interest Coverage Chart

New China Life Insurance Co 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 N/A N/A N/A 1.29 1.09

New China Life Insurance Co 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 1.41 1.17 0.85 0.73 1.26

Competitive Comparison of New China Life Insurance Co's Interest Coverage

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, New China Life Insurance 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.


New China Life Insurance Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, New China Life Insurance Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where New China Life Insurance Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



New China Life Insurance 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 EBIT is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and EBIT 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.

New China Life Insurance Co'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, New China Life Insurance Co's Interest Expense was ¥-60,558 Mil. Its EBIT was ¥66,073 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥21,022 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*66073/-60558
=1.09

New China Life Insurance Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, New China Life Insurance Co's Interest Expense was ¥-19,835 Mil. Its EBIT was ¥24,977 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥21,140 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*24977/-19835
=1.26

* 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.


New China Life Insurance Co  (SHSE:601336) 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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New China Life Insurance Co (SHSE:601336) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
A12 Jianguomenwai Avenue, New China Insurance Tower, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN, 100022
Headquartered in Beijing, New China Life Insurance, or NCI, was founded by SOEs and private firms in 1996. The company is the fourth-largest life insurer in China in terms of total assets. Huijin Investment, the government's investment company owns 31% shares of New China Life. The company was listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges in 2011. New China Life offers comprehensive life insurance products and services to individual customers and institutional customers through nationwide distributional networks and diversified marketing channels, manages and deploys insurance funds through its subsidiaries, including Asset Management Company and Asset Management Company (Hong Kong).

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