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Fab-Form Industries (TSXV:FBF) Interest Coverage : 74.50 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Fab-Form Industries 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. Fab-Form Industries's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0.15 Mil. Fab-Form Industries's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was C$-0.00 Mil. Fab-Form Industries's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 74.50. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Fab-Form Industries Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fab-Form Industries's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TSXV:FBF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.76   Med: 16.33   Max: 323
Current: 323


TSXV:FBF's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
92.86% of 308 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 6.575 vs TSXV:FBF: 323.00

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


Fab-Form Industries Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fab-Form Industries'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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Fab-Form Industries Interest Coverage Chart

Fab-Form Industries 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 22.21 N/A N/A 130.63 247.14

Fab-Form Industries Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 - N/A No Debt 243.00 74.50

Competitive Comparison of Fab-Form Industries's Interest Coverage

For the Building Materials subindustry, Fab-Form Industries'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.


Fab-Form Industries's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Fab-Form Industries's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fab-Form Industries's Interest Coverage falls into.



Fab-Form Industries 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.

Fab-Form Industries'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, Fab-Form Industries's Interest Expense was C$-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$1.73 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.31 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*1.73/-0.007
=247.14

Fab-Form Industries's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Fab-Form Industries's Interest Expense was C$-0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$0.15 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.19 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*0.149/-0.002
=74.50

* 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.


Fab-Form Industries  (TSXV:FBF) 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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Fab-Form Industries (TSXV:FBF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1610 Derwent Way, Unit 19, Delta, BC, CAN, V3M 6W1
Fab-Form Industries Ltd is a Canadian based company that develops, manufactures and distributes proprietary technology to form concrete footings, columns, foundations and walls for building structures. The company also distributes Helix micro rebar into the BC market and Nudura insulating concrete form into the Lower Mainland of BC market.
Executives
Nigel Peter Protter Director

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