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Shepherd Neame (AQSE:SHEP) Interest Coverage : 1.28 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Shepherd Neame 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. Shepherd Neame's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £3.7 Mil. Shepherd Neame's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £-2.9 Mil. Shepherd Neame's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.28. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

AQSE:SHEP' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.19   Med: 3.16   Max: 4.02
Current: 1.88


AQSE:SHEP's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
81.54% of 260 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 6.76 vs AQSE:SHEP: 1.88

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


Shepherd Neame Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shepherd Neame'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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Shepherd Neame Interest Coverage Chart

Shepherd Neame Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.02 0.19 - 2.41 2.23

Shepherd Neame Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 2.19 2.65 1.97 2.46 1.28

Competitive Comparison of Shepherd Neame's Interest Coverage

For the Restaurants subindustry, Shepherd Neame'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.


Shepherd Neame's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Shepherd Neame's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shepherd Neame's Interest Coverage falls into.



Shepherd Neame 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.

Shepherd Neame's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, Shepherd Neame's Interest Expense was £-5.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was £12.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £132.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*12.888/-5.785
=2.23

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Shepherd Neame's Interest Expense was £-2.9 Mil. Its Operating Income was £3.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £132.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3.73/-2.921
=1.28

* 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.


Shepherd Neame  (AQSE:SHEP) 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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Shepherd Neame (AQSE:SHEP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
17 Court Street, Faversham, Kent, GBR, ME13 7AX
Shepherd Neame Ltd is engaged in the brewing and packaging of beer, wholesaling and retailing of beer, cider, wines, spirits and minerals, property ownership and public house, and providing hotel management services. Its operating segments include Brewing and Brands, Retail Pubs, and Tenanted Pubs. The company's brands include Master Brew, Whitstable Bay, Queen Court, India Pale Ale, Samuel Adams, Asahi and Bishops Finger. It generates maximum revenue from the Managed Pubs segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom.

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