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Godo Steel (TSE:5410) Interest Coverage : 36.87 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Godo Steel 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. Godo Steel's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円4,682 Mil. Godo Steel's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円-127 Mil. Godo Steel's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 36.87. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

TSE:5410' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.78   Med: 14.86   Max: 36.84
Current: 36.84


TSE:5410's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
81.9% of 464 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 5.62 vs TSE:5410: 36.84

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


Godo Steel Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Godo Steel'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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Godo Steel Interest Coverage Chart

Godo Steel Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 20.29 25.35 14.46 - 33.51

Godo Steel Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 50.75 39.65 39.17 32.04 36.87

Competitive Comparison of Godo Steel's Interest Coverage

For the Steel subindustry, Godo Steel'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.


Godo Steel's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Godo Steel's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Godo Steel's Interest Coverage falls into.



Godo Steel 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.

Godo Steel's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Godo Steel's Interest Expense was 円-415 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円13,907 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円30,954 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*13907/-415
=33.51

Godo Steel's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Godo Steel's Interest Expense was 円-127 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円4,682 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円31,491 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*4682/-127
=36.87

* 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.


Godo Steel  (TSE:5410) 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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Godo Steel (TSE:5410) Business Description

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Address
Toyobo Building 8th Floor, 2-2-8Doujima-hama Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JPN, 5300004
Godo Steel Ltd manufactures and sells steel products in Japan and internationally. The company offers wire rods for tire chains, stapler needles, and fencing applications; large and middle shapes that are used in construction, civil engineering, and other sectors; structural bars, which are used as materials for making parts of construction and industrial machinery, ships, and other equipment; and rails. It also provides deformed bars that are used as construction and civil engineering materials; EG joints and anchor plates; and billets. In addition, the company offers reinforcing bars, wire products, firebricks, and ballasts; trucking services; and industrial waste disposal services.

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