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Eastech Holding (TPE:5225) Interest Coverage : 58.27 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Eastech Holding 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. Eastech Holding's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$155 Mil. Eastech Holding's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-3 Mil. Eastech Holding's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 58.27. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

TPE:5225' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05   Med: 8.68   Max: 90.19
Current: 49.88


TPE:5225's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
73.84% of 1590 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.685 vs TPE:5225: 49.88

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


Eastech Holding Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Eastech Holding'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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Eastech Holding Interest Coverage Chart

Eastech Holding 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 9.97 - - 9.22 38.44

Eastech Holding 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 18.41 36.47 65.97 43.11 58.27

Competitive Comparison of Eastech Holding's Interest Coverage

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Eastech Holding'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.


Eastech Holding's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Eastech Holding's Interest Coverage falls into.



Eastech Holding 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.

Eastech Holding'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, Eastech Holding's Interest Expense was NT$-15 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$572 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$96 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*571.57/-14.869
=38.44

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Eastech Holding's Interest Expense was NT$-3 Mil. Its Operating Income was NT$155 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$82 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*155.397/-2.667
=58.27

* 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.


Eastech Holding  (TPE:5225) 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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Eastech Holding (TPE:5225) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
8F-1, No. 188, Baoqiao Road, Xindian District, New Taipei City, TWN, 23145
Eastech Holding Ltd is engaged in the design and manufacturing of acoustics, electronics, hardware, software, and systems engineering. Its transducers catalog covers standard design transducers, headphones and earphone transducers, scan-speak designed transducers, and others. The company offered products have applications in voice control products, Bluetooth systems, Wi-Fi systems, multi-channel sound systems, soundbar systems, active and passive speakers, home speakers, and headphones, among others. Geographically, the company operates in South Korea, Japan, China, Sweden, Denmark, and others and it derives a majority of its revenue from South Korea.

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