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Adcorp Holdings (JSE:ADR) Interest Coverage : 2.07 (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is Adcorp 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. Adcorp Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was R50 Mil. Adcorp Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was R-24 Mil. Adcorp Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 2.07. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

JSE:ADR' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.06   Med: 3.48   Max: 4.27
Current: 3.51


JSE:ADR's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
75.19% of 794 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.27 vs JSE:ADR: 3.51

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


Adcorp Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Adcorp 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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Adcorp Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Adcorp Holdings Annual Data
Trend Feb14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.62 - 0.18 2.63 3.50

Adcorp Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Feb14 Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23
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 1.80 3.49 2.22 4.94 2.07

Competitive Comparison of Adcorp Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Adcorp 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.


Adcorp Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Adcorp Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Adcorp 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.

Adcorp Holdings's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023, Adcorp Holdings's Interest Expense was R-51 Mil. Its Operating Income was R179 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R332 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Feb. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Feb. 2023 )
=-1*178.625/-50.981
=3.50

Adcorp Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Aug. 2023, Adcorp Holdings's Interest Expense was R-24 Mil. Its Operating Income was R50 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R317 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Aug. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Aug. 2023 )
=-1*49.509/-23.964
=2.07

* 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.


Adcorp Holdings  (JSE:ADR) 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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Adcorp Holdings (JSE:ADR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
102 Western Service Road, Adcorp Place, Gallo Manor Ext 6, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2191
Adcorp Holdings Ltd is engaged in providing workplace solutions. The company renders services in the fields of permanent recruitment and flexible staffing sectors, professional IT services, as well as the provision of business process outsourcing, training, and financial services. Its operating segments are Industrial Services, Professional Services, Training Services, and Australia. The geographical segments are South Africa and International.

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