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Navamedic ASA (OSL:NAVA) Interest Coverage : 22.94 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Navamedic 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. Navamedic ASA's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was kr29.7 Mil. Navamedic ASA's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was kr-1.3 Mil. Navamedic ASA's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 22.94. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

OSL:NAVA' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.58   Med: 5.44   Max: 72.62
Current: 5.1


OSL:NAVA's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
71.43% of 77 companies
in the Medical Distribution industry
Industry Median: 10.6 vs OSL:NAVA: 5.10

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


Navamedic ASA Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Navamedic 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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Navamedic ASA Interest Coverage Chart

Navamedic 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 - - 4.58 72.62 5.10

Navamedic ASA 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 8.64 7.22 - 1.53 22.94

Competitive Comparison of Navamedic ASA's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Distribution subindustry, Navamedic 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.


Navamedic ASA's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Medical Distribution Industry

For the Medical Distribution industry and Healthcare sector, Navamedic ASA's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Navamedic 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.

Navamedic 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, Navamedic ASA's Interest Expense was kr-7.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr39.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr103.4 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*39.64/-7.771
=5.10

Navamedic ASA's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Navamedic ASA's Interest Expense was kr-1.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr29.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr103.4 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*29.724/-1.296
=22.94

* 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.


Navamedic ASA  (OSL:NAVA) 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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Navamedic ASA (OSL:NAVA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Henrik Ibsensgate 100, Solli Plass, Lysaker, NOR, N-0255
Navamedic ASA is a pharmaceutical company that operates in a single segment, which is marketing, selling, and distributing pharmaceuticals and medical nutrition products to hospitals, pharmacies, and patients, bought from product suppliers and manufacturers in Europe and other places. Its product categories include Medical nutrition, Consumer health, Branded generics, and Specialty pharma.

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