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Al Ansari Financial Services (DFM:ALANSARI) Interest Coverage : 45.99 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Al Ansari Financial Services 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. Al Ansari Financial Services's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was د.إ100 Mil. Al Ansari Financial Services's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was د.إ-2 Mil. Al Ansari Financial Services's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 45.99. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Al Ansari Financial Services's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

DFM:ALANSARI' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 35.99   Med: 162.87   Max: 284.21
Current: 42.95


DFM:ALANSARI's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
56.7% of 455 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 19.96 vs DFM:ALANSARI: 42.95

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


Al Ansari Financial Services Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Al Ansari Financial Services'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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Al Ansari Financial Services Interest Coverage Chart

Al Ansari Financial Services Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
95.91 162.87 284.21 249.50 35.99

Al Ansari Financial Services Quarterly Data
Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 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 26.03 50.09 70.69 25.22 45.99

Competitive Comparison of Al Ansari Financial Services's Interest Coverage

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Al Ansari Financial Services'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.


Al Ansari Financial Services's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Al Ansari Financial Services's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Al Ansari Financial Services's Interest Coverage falls into.



Al Ansari Financial Services 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.

Al Ansari Financial Services'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, Al Ansari Financial Services's Interest Expense was د.إ-13 Mil. Its Operating Income was د.إ480 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was د.إ45 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*479.674/-13.327
=35.99

Al Ansari Financial Services's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Al Ansari Financial Services's Interest Expense was د.إ-2 Mil. Its Operating Income was د.إ100 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was د.إ42 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*100.175/-2.178
=45.99

* 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.


Al Ansari Financial Services  (DFM:ALANSARI) 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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Al Ansari Financial Services (DFM:ALANSARI) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Al Barsha 1, P.O Box 6176, Office No. 804, Al Ansari Business Center, Dubai, ARE
Al Ansari Financial Services is engaged in the business of buying and selling foreign currencies and traveller's cheques, cheques, executing remittance operations in local and foreign currencies, payment of wages through establishing a link to the operating system of wages protection, special products such as bill payments, cash collections, sale and reload of multi-currency prepaid cards) and transportation of cash and valuables.

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