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Diamond Foods (Diamond Foods) Interest Coverage : 2.15 (As of Oct. 2015)


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What is Diamond Foods 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. Diamond Foods's Operating Income for the three months ended in Oct. 2015 was $18.4 Mil. Diamond Foods's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Oct. 2015 was $-8.6 Mil. Diamond Foods's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2015 was 2.15. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


DMND's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 8.39
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Diamond Foods Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Diamond Foods'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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Diamond Foods Interest Coverage Chart

Diamond Foods Annual Data
Trend Jul06 Jul07 Jul08 Jul09 Jul10 Jul11 Jul12 Jul13 Jul14 Jul15
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.24 - - - 1.86

Diamond Foods Quarterly Data
Jan11 Apr11 Jul11 Oct11 Jan12 Apr12 Jul12 Oct12 Jan13 Apr13 Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15
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 2.16 2.46 1.96 1.26 2.15

Competitive Comparison of Diamond Foods's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Diamond Foods'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.


Diamond Foods's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Diamond Foods's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Diamond Foods's Interest Coverage falls into.



Diamond Foods 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.

Diamond Foods's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2015 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2015, Diamond Foods's Interest Expense was $-40.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $76.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $633.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jul. 2015 )/Interest Expense (A: Jul. 2015 )
=-1*75.974/-40.757
=1.86

Diamond Foods's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2015 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Oct. 2015, Diamond Foods's Interest Expense was $-8.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $18.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $627.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Oct. 2015 )/Interest Expense (Q: Oct. 2015 )
=-1*18.386/-8.567
=2.15

* 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.


Diamond Foods  (NAS:DMND) 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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Diamond Foods (Diamond Foods) Business Description

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Diamond Foods Inc was incorporated in Delaware in 2005 as the successor to Diamond Walnut Growers, Inc., a member-owned California agricultural cooperative association. In July 2005, Diamond Walnut Growers, Inc. merged with and into Diamond Foods, Inc., converted from a cooperative association to a Delaware corporation and completed an initial public offering of Diamond Foods' common stock. The Company is a packaged food company focused on building and energizing brands. It is engaged in processing, marketing and distributing snack products and culinary, in-shell and ingredient nuts. The Company's segments include Snacks and Nuts. The Company sells snack products under Kettle Brand(r) and Pop Secret(r) brands. Microwave popcorn products are offered in traditional flavors. In March 2010, the Company complemented its snack portfolio with the acquisition of Kettle Foods, a premium potato chip company. Kettle Foods products are offered in a variety of flavors and sizes. Its snack products are typically available in grocery store snack, natural and produce aisles, mass merchandisers, club stores, convenience stores, drug stores, natural food stores and other places where snacks are sold. Under the nuts segment the Company sells nut products under the Emerald brand, and Diamond of California(r) brand in grocery store baking aisles and produce aisles and through mass merchandisers and club stores. Culinary nuts are marketed to individuals who prepare meals or baked goods at home and who value fresh, high-quality products. The Company also sell in-shell nuts under the Diamond of California(r) brand during the winter holiday season. Its non-retail nut business includes international markets and North American ingredient customers. It market ingredient nuts internationally under the Diamond of California(r) brand to food processors, restaurants, bakeries and food service companies and their suppliers. Diamond's institutional and industrial customers use its standard or customer-specified products to add flavor and texture in their product offerings. It also sells in-shell nuts to international markets. Emerald products include roasted, glazed and flavored nuts, trail mixes, granola, dried fruit and similar offerings that are sold where snack nuts and convenient breakfast items are sold. The Company obtains its raw materials from domestic and international sources. The Company's products competes with other food industries. It is subject to governmental laws and regulations.
Executives
Edward A Blechschmidt director ONE HEALTHSOUTH PARKWAY, BIRMINGHAM AL 35243
Linda B Segre officer: EVP, Chief Strat. & People Ofc 2180 RUTHERFORD ROAD, CARLSBAD CA 92008
David Colo officer: EVP, Chief Operating Officer C/O DIAMOND FOODS, INC., 600 MONTGOMERY STREET, 13TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Richard Dean Hollis director 3603 HAVEN AVENUE, SUITE E, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Robert Zollars director 3061 ZANKER RD, SAN JOSEC CA 95134
Nigel A Rees director ONE POST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Raymond Silcock officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 399 JEFFERSON ROAD, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Alison Davis director 255 FISERV DRIVE, BROOKFIELD WI 53045
Brian J Driscoll director, officer: President & CEO THREE LAKES DR, NORTHFIELD IL 60093
Celeste A. Clark director C/O ADVANCEPIERRE FOODS HOLDINGS, INC., 9987 CARVER ROAD, BLUE ASH OH 45242
Stephen Kim officer: EVP, GC & Chief Legal Officer CO DIAMOND FOODS INC., 600 MONTGOMERY STREET 33RD FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Oaktree Holdings, Inc. 10 percent owner 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Capital Management Lp 10 percent owner 333 S GRAND AVE 28TH FL, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Holdings, Llc 10 percent owner 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Ocm Holdings I, Llc 10 percent owner 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071

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