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Fortress Real Estate Investments (JSE:FFB) Interest Coverage : 1.14 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Fortress Real Estate Investments 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. Fortress Real Estate Investments's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was R1,051 Mil. Fortress Real Estate Investments's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was R-921 Mil. Fortress Real Estate Investments's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.14. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Fortress Real Estate Investments Ltd interest coverage is 1.31, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fortress Real Estate Investments's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:FFB' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.52   Med: 1.81   Max: 2.27
Current: 1.31


JSE:FFB's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
81.22% of 1342 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 3.935 vs JSE:FFB: 1.31

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


Fortress Real Estate Investments Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fortress Real Estate Investments'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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Fortress Real Estate Investments Interest Coverage Chart

Fortress Real Estate Investments 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 1.76 1.73 1.97 1.86 1.60

Fortress Real Estate Investments 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 1.80 1.92 1.68 1.54 1.14

Competitive Comparison of Fortress Real Estate Investments's Interest Coverage

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Fortress Real Estate Investments'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.


Fortress Real Estate Investments's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Fortress Real Estate Investments's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fortress Real Estate Investments's Interest Coverage falls into.



Fortress Real Estate Investments 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.

Fortress Real Estate Investments'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, Fortress Real Estate Investments's Interest Expense was R-1,226 Mil. Its Operating Income was R1,965 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R16,022 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*1965.086/-1225.68
=1.60

Fortress Real Estate Investments's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Fortress Real Estate Investments's Interest Expense was R-921 Mil. Its Operating Income was R1,051 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R16,850 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1051.437/-921.192
=1.14

* 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.


Fortress Real Estate Investments  (JSE:FFB) 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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Fortress Real Estate Investments (JSE:FFB) Business Description

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Address
Block C, Cullinan Place, Cullinan Close, Morningside, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2196
Fortress Real Estate Investments Ltd invests in both direct property assets and listed real estate securities including both local and foreign property companies. It owns a portfolio of retail, office, industrial, logistics, corporate and other. The company generates maximum revenue from the Logistics segment.

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