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Unimicron Technology (TPE:3037) Interest Coverage : 9.22 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Unimicron Technology 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. Unimicron Technology's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$1,578 Mil. Unimicron Technology's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-171 Mil. Unimicron Technology's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 9.22. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

TPE:3037' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.48   Med: 5.02   Max: 85.42
Current: 12.34


TPE:3037's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
50.25% of 1590 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.525 vs TPE:3037: 12.34

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


Unimicron Technology Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unimicron Technology'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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Unimicron Technology Interest Coverage Chart

Unimicron Technology 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 5.02 8.44 40.55 85.42 14.28

Unimicron Technology 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 16.10 14.85 16.39 9.46 9.22

Competitive Comparison of Unimicron Technology's Interest Coverage

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Unimicron Technology'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.


Unimicron Technology's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Unimicron Technology's Interest Coverage falls into.



Unimicron Technology 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.

Unimicron Technology'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, Unimicron Technology's Interest Expense was NT$-625 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$8,920 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$24,807 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*8919.919/-624.555
=14.28

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Unimicron Technology's Interest Expense was NT$-171 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$1,578 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$27,040 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*1578.286/-171.1
=9.22

* 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.


Unimicron Technology  (TPE:3037) 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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Unimicron Technology (TPE:3037) Business Description

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Address
No. 179, Shanying Road, Guishan District, Taoyuan, TWN
Unimicron Technology Corporation manufactures and distributes printed circuit boards and integrated circuit products. The company is based in Taiwan and earns its revenue in the Asia region, but also has operations in America and domestically within Taiwan. Unimicron manufactures printed circuit boards, multilayer chip scale packages, ball grid array, system in package, embedded passive products, super-thin substrate, and flip chip substrate, to be used in mobile devices, telecommunications applications, and laptop computers.

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