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Arendals Fossekompani ASA (OSL:AFK) Interest Coverage : 0.17 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Arendals Fossekompani ASA 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. Arendals Fossekompani ASA's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr15 Mil. Arendals Fossekompani ASA's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr-90 Mil. Arendals Fossekompani ASA's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.17. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Arendals Fossekompani ASA's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

OSL:AFK' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.37   Med: 4.03   Max: 9.69
Current: 1.37


OSL:AFK's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
85.21% of 399 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 5.15 vs OSL:AFK: 1.37

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


Arendals Fossekompani ASA Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arendals Fossekompani ASA'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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Arendals Fossekompani ASA Interest Coverage Chart

Arendals Fossekompani ASA Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.37 2.36 8.08 9.69 3.63

Arendals Fossekompani ASA Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Arendals Fossekompani ASA's Interest Coverage

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Arendals Fossekompani ASA'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.


Arendals Fossekompani ASA's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Arendals Fossekompani ASA's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arendals Fossekompani ASA's Interest Coverage falls into.



Arendals Fossekompani ASA 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.

Arendals Fossekompani ASA'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, Arendals Fossekompani ASA's Interest Expense was kr-114 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr415 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr2,470 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*415.434/-114.313
=3.63

Arendals Fossekompani ASA's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Arendals Fossekompani ASA's Interest Expense was kr-90 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr15 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr2,589 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*15/-90
=0.17

* 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.


Arendals Fossekompani ASA  (OSL:AFK) 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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Arendals Fossekompani ASA (OSL:AFK) Business Description

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Address
Langbryggen 5, Arendal, NOR, 4841
Arendals Fossekompani ASA is an industrial investment company holding several core investments and a portfolio of financial investments. The company has proud traditions in power production and owns and operates two hydropower plants, and also runs several property development projects. In addition, the firm operates globally in many forward-looking industries including 3D printing, algo trading, satellite services, battery and solar technology, software and digitalization, as well as various green energy technologies. The company has 10 operating segments; Hydropower, Group Management, Volue, NSSLGIobaI, ENRX, Tekna, AFK Property, Alytic, Ampwell, and Vergia.

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