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Carrols Restaurant Group (Carrols Restaurant Group) Interest Coverage : 2.99 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Carrols Restaurant 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. Carrols Restaurant Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $18 Mil. Carrols Restaurant Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-6 Mil. Carrols Restaurant Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.99. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

TAST' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.62   Med: 1.74   Max: 2.55
Current: 2.55


TAST's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
75.78% of 256 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 6.835 vs TAST: 2.55

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


Carrols Restaurant Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Carrols Restaurant 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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Carrols Restaurant Group Interest Coverage Chart

Carrols Restaurant 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 - 0.62 - - 2.55

Carrols Restaurant Group Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Carrols Restaurant Group's Interest Coverage

For the Restaurants subindustry, Carrols Restaurant 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.


Carrols Restaurant Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Carrols Restaurant Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Carrols Restaurant 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.

Carrols Restaurant 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, Carrols Restaurant Group's Interest Expense was $-29 Mil. Its Operating Income was $74 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,180 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*74.115/-29.112
=2.55

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Carrols Restaurant Group's Interest Expense was $-6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $18 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,180 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*17.993/-6.023
=2.99

* 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.


Carrols Restaurant Group  (NAS:TAST) 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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Carrols Restaurant Group (Carrols Restaurant Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
968 James Street, Syracuse, NY, USA, 13203
Carrols Restaurant Group Inc is a restaurant company. It owns and operates Burger King restaurants in the Northeastern, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States. The Burger King restaurants are quick-service restaurants featuring hamburgers and other sandwiches.
Executives
Anthony E Hull officer: VP, CFO, Treasurer 175 PARK AVENUE, MADISON NJ 07940
Gretta Miles officer: VP, Controller, Asst Treasurer 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
Ahmad Filsoof officer: VP, Strategic Initiatives 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
Cambridge Franchise Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 853 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10003
Richard G Cross officer: VP, Real Estate 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
Gary Mcquillan officer: VP, Strategic Procurement 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
Joseph W Hoffman officer: Chief Restaurant Officer 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
Paulo A Pena officer: President and CEO 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
John Davis Smith director 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
Jared L. Landaw officer: VP, GC, Secretary 101 WEST 79TH STREET - 12B, NEW YORK NY 10024
Nathan Mucher officer: VP, Chief Information Officer 968 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13203
Thomas Benjamin Curtis director 30 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DR, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
Matthew Terker Perelman director, 10 percent owner 853 BROADWAY, SUITE 2014, NEW YORK NY 10003
Carl S Hauch officer: VP and COO ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC, 5008 AIRPORT RD, ROANOKE VA 24012
David Harris director 237 PARK AVENUE - SUITE 900, NEW YORK NY 10017