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Want Want China Holdings (Want Want China Holdings) Interest Coverage : 15.56 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Want Want China Holdings 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. Want Want China Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $318 Mil. Want Want China Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-20 Mil. Want Want China Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 15.56. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Want Want China Holdings's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

WWNTY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 15.24   Med: 26.04   Max: 51.35
Current: 16.76


WWNTY's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
63.51% of 1373 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.55 vs WWNTY: 16.76

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


Want Want China Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Want Want China Holdings'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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Want Want China Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Want Want China Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.30 15.24 26.04 32.21 20.66

Want Want China Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 31.95 32.49 25.97 17.91 15.56

Competitive Comparison of Want Want China Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Want Want China Holdings'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.


Want Want China Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Want Want China Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Want Want China Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



Want Want China Holdings 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.

Want Want China Holdings'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, Want Want China Holdings's Interest Expense was $-32 Mil. Its Operating Income was $665 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $318 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*665.301/-32.207
=20.66

Want Want China Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Want Want China Holdings's Interest Expense was $-20 Mil. Its Operating Income was $318 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $254 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*318.37/-20.462
=15.56

* 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.


Want Want China Holdings  (OTCPK:WWNTY) 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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Want Want China Holdings (Want Want China Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 18 Sheung Yuet Road, Units 07-08, 7th Floor, FTLife Tower, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
Want Want is major player in the China packaged food and beverage sector. The company was founded in 1962 in Taiwan and entered the mainland Chinese market in 1989. Its flagship products, such as Hot-Kid milk and Want Want rice crackers, are market leaders in the respective sub-segments. With a primary focus in mainland China, the company also exports to overseas markets. As at March 2021, Want Want China had 422 sales offices, 35 production bases and 81 factories on the Chinese mainland and worked with around 9,000 distributors.

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