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Chroma Ate (TPE:2360) Interest Coverage : 77.13 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Chroma Ate 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. Chroma Ate's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$893 Mil. Chroma Ate's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-12 Mil. Chroma Ate's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 77.13. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

TPE:2360' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 31.29   Med: 63.48   Max: 133.57
Current: 90.71


TPE:2360's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
81.19% of 1584 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.55 vs TPE:2360: 90.71

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


Chroma Ate Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chroma Ate'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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Chroma Ate Interest Coverage Chart

Chroma Ate Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
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Chroma Ate Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 58.46 91.24 130.71 77.35 77.13

Competitive Comparison of Chroma Ate's Interest Coverage

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Chroma Ate'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.


Chroma Ate's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Chroma Ate's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chroma Ate's Interest Coverage falls into.



Chroma Ate 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.

Chroma Ate'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, Chroma Ate's Interest Expense was NT$-55 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$5,046 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$1,423 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*5046.135/-55.068
=91.63

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Chroma Ate's Interest Expense was NT$-12 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$893 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$1,336 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*892.886/-11.576
=77.13

* 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.


Chroma Ate  (TPE:2360) 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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Chroma Ate (TPE:2360) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 88, Wenmao Road, Guishan District, Taoyuan, TWN
Chroma Ate Inc manufactures and sells automated testing systems, electronic testing instruments, signal generators, and power supplies. The company has four reportable segments: Special materials department, Test instrument department, the Automatic equipment department, and Others. It generates maximum revenue from the Automatic equipment segment. The company has a presence in Europe, the United States, Japan, Korea, China, and Southeast Asia.

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