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Colabor Group (Colabor Group) Interest Coverage : 1.70 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Colabor Group 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. Colabor Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.0 Mil. Colabor Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.8 Mil. Colabor Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.70. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

COLFF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.57   Med: 1.75   Max: 2.95
Current: 2.52


COLFF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
81.42% of 253 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 8.83 vs COLFF: 2.52

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


Colabor Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Colabor Group'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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Colabor Group Interest Coverage Chart

Colabor Group 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 2.55 1.84 2.35 2.95 2.53

Colabor Group 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 3.47 0.79 3.29 4.94 1.70

Competitive Comparison of Colabor Group's Interest Coverage

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Colabor Group'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.


Colabor Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Colabor Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Colabor Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Colabor Group 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.

Colabor Group'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, Colabor Group's Interest Expense was $-4.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $11.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $119.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*11.857/-4.683
=2.53

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Colabor Group's Interest Expense was $-1.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $3.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $119.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3.026/-1.779
=1.70

* 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.


Colabor Group  (OTCPK:COLFF) 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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Colabor Group (Colabor Group) Business Description

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Address
1620 De Montarville Boulevard, Boucherville, QC, CAN, J4B 8P4
Colabor Group Inc is a wholesaler and distributor of food and related products in Canada. The company operates in two segments Distribution and the Wholesale segment. Its Distribution segment operations include the distribution of food products and related products in hotels, restaurants, and institutions (HRI) and the retail market. Its products such as meat, fish, and seafood (Specialty Distribution), as well as general food-related products (Broadline Distribution), and the Wholesale segment's operations, include the sale of general food-related products to distributors from its distribution center in Boucherville. The company generates maximum revenue from the Distribution segment.

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