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Paints and Chemical Industries Co (Paints and Chemical Industries Co) Interest Coverage : 23.15 (As of Jun. 2018)


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What is Paints and Chemical Industries Co 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. Paints and Chemical Industries Co's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2018 was $5.67 Mil. Paints and Chemical Industries Co's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2018 was $-0.25 Mil. Paints and Chemical Industries Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 was 23.15. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Paints and Chemical Industries Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

PCHZF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 23.06   Med: 23.09   Max: 23.11
Current: 23.11


PCHZF's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 9.75 vs PCHZF: 23.11

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


Paints and Chemical Industries Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Paints and Chemical Industries Co'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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Paints and Chemical Industries Co Interest Coverage Chart

Paints and Chemical Industries Co Annual Data
Trend Jun17 Jun18
Interest Coverage
23.05 23.15

Paints and Chemical Industries Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun17 Jun18
Interest Coverage 23.05 23.15

Competitive Comparison of Paints and Chemical Industries Co's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Paints and Chemical Industries Co'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.


Paints and Chemical Industries Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Paints and Chemical Industries Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Paints and Chemical Industries Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Paints and Chemical Industries Co 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.

Paints and Chemical Industries Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2018 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2018, Paints and Chemical Industries Co's Interest Expense was $-0.25 Mil. Its Operating Income was $5.67 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2018 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2018 )
=-1*5.671/-0.245
=23.15

Paints and Chemical Industries Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2018, Paints and Chemical Industries Co's Interest Expense was $-0.25 Mil. Its Operating Income was $5.67 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2018 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2018 )
=-1*5.671/-0.245
=23.15

* 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.


Paints and Chemical Industries Co  (GREY:PCHZF) 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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Paints and Chemical Industries Co (Paints and Chemical Industries Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1, Elmassanie Street, P.O. Box 11887,Elamiriya, Cario, EGY
Paints and Chemical Industries Co is an Egypt-based company engaged in the manufacturing of paints, varnishes, industrial chemicals, printing inks, animal extracts and other related products. The product portfolio of the group consists of Decorative paints, Industrial paints, Printing inks and alkyd resin. The majority of income for the group is generated through the sale of products. It also exports all the products of paints to Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Cyprus, Kenya, Sudan, and Equatorial Guinea.

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