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HomeChoice International (JSE:HIL) Interest Coverage : 7.78 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is HomeChoice International 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. HomeChoice International's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was R778 Mil. HomeChoice International's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was R-100 Mil. HomeChoice International's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 7.78. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

JSE:HIL' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.1   Med: 14.36   Max: 58.03
Current: 9.1


JSE:HIL's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
52.71% of 757 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 7.85 vs JSE:HIL: 9.10

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


HomeChoice International Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for HomeChoice International'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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HomeChoice International Interest Coverage Chart

HomeChoice International Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.89 13.83 12.39 13.74 12.02

HomeChoice International Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
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 15.49 12.37 13.46 10.92 7.78

Competitive Comparison of HomeChoice International's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, HomeChoice International'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.


HomeChoice International's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, HomeChoice International's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where HomeChoice International's Interest Coverage falls into.



HomeChoice International 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.

HomeChoice International's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, HomeChoice International's Interest Expense was R-129 Mil. Its Operating Income was R1,551 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R1,502 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*1551/-129
=12.02

HomeChoice International's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2023, HomeChoice International's Interest Expense was R-100 Mil. Its Operating Income was R778 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R1,691 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*778/-100
=7.78

* 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.


HomeChoice International  (JSE:HIL) 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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HomeChoice International (JSE:HIL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
c/o Sanlam Trustees International Limited, Labourdonnais Village, Riviere du Rempart, Mapou, MUS, 31803
HomeChoice International PLC is an investment holding company. The company through its subsidiaries operates as a home shopping retailer. The company sells homewares merchandise, personal electronics, and loan products to the middle-income market in Southern Africa. The operating business segments are Retail, Financial Services, and Property. The Retail segment is a home shopping retailer offering a range of household textiles and homeware merchandise and includes clothing and footwear, under the HomeChoice brand. The Financial Services segment provides unsecured personal loan and insurance products under the FinChoice brand to retail customers with good credit records. The Property segment holds land and buildings which are primarily used by HomeChoice, FoneChoice and FinChoice.

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