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Nofoth Food Products Co (SAU:9556) Interest Coverage : 30.47 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Nofoth Food Products 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. Nofoth Food Products Co's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was ﷼19.7 Mil. Nofoth Food Products Co's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was ﷼-0.6 Mil. Nofoth Food Products Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 30.47. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Nofoth Food Products Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SAU:9556' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 33.99   Med: 35.26   Max: 36.52
Current: 36.52


SAU:9556's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
71.77% of 248 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 8.545 vs SAU:9556: 36.52

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


Nofoth Food Products Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nofoth Food Products 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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Nofoth Food Products Co Interest Coverage Chart

Nofoth Food Products Co Annual Data
Trend Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
33.99 36.52

Nofoth Food Products Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 34.52 33.53 43.99 30.47

Competitive Comparison of Nofoth Food Products Co's Interest Coverage

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Nofoth Food Products 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.


Nofoth Food Products Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Nofoth Food Products Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nofoth Food Products Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Nofoth Food Products 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.

Nofoth Food Products Co'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, Nofoth Food Products Co's Interest Expense was ﷼-1.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was ﷼42.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ﷼14.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*42.689/-1.169
=36.52

Nofoth Food Products Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Nofoth Food Products Co's Interest Expense was ﷼-0.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was ﷼19.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ﷼14.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*19.682/-0.646
=30.47

* 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.


Nofoth Food Products Co  (SAU:9556) 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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Nofoth Food Products Co (SAU:9556) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Road, Al-Nuzha, P.O. Box 30, Riyadh, SAU, 12471
Nofoth Food Products Co manufactures bread and its products through automated bakeries. It manufactures pies of all kinds and popular and oriental sweets of all kinds. The firm also retails bakery products and sugary sweets, nuts, coffee, and spices, dry food stores, restaurants with service, and activities caterers who provide food services.

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