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Kingsway Financial Services (Kingsway Financial Services) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kingsway Financial Services 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 EBIT by its Interest Expense. Kingsway Financial Services's EBIT for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.2 Mil. Kingsway Financial Services's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.1 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Kingsway Financial Services's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

KFS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 0.79   Max: 5.32
Current: 4.78


KFS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
61.59% of 1031 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 7.72 vs KFS: 4.78

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


Kingsway Financial Services Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kingsway Financial Services'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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Kingsway Financial Services Interest Coverage Chart

Kingsway Financial Services 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 0.79 0.52 - 5.32 4.78

Kingsway Financial Services 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 0.15 10.57 - 0.15 -

Competitive Comparison of Kingsway Financial Services's Interest Coverage

For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, Kingsway Financial Services'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.


Kingsway Financial Services's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Kingsway Financial Services's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kingsway Financial Services's Interest Coverage falls into.



Kingsway Financial Services 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 EBIT is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and EBIT 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.

Kingsway Financial Services'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, Kingsway Financial Services's Interest Expense was $-6.3 Mil. Its EBIT was $29.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $45.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*29.901/-6.25
=4.78

Kingsway Financial Services's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Kingsway Financial Services's Interest Expense was $-1.1 Mil. Its EBIT was $-1.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $45.6 Mil.

Kingsway Financial Services did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Kingsway Financial Services  (NYSE:KFS) 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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Kingsway Financial Services (Kingsway Financial Services) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
10 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1520, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
Kingsway Financial Services Inc through subsidiaries operates in the extended warranty, asset management, and real estate industries in the United States. It operates through three segments: Extended Warranty and Kingsway Search Xcelerator. The Extended Warranty segment provides after-market vehicle protection services distributed by credit unions. The firm generates maximum revenue from Extended Warranty segment in the form of Service fee and commission income.
Executives
Fitzgerald John Taylor Maloney director, officer: Executive Vice President KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Kent A Hansen officer: CFO & EVP C/O KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Charles L Frischer director 3156 EAST LAURELHURST DRIVE, NE, SEATTLE WA 98105
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Joseph Stilwell director, 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Paul R. Hogan officer: Secretary and General Counsel 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Porcelli Corissa B. director 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Stilwell Associates L P 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Stilwell Activist Investments, L.p. 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Stilwell Activist Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Stilwell Value Partners Vii, L.p. 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Hickey William August Jr officer: Executive VP, COO and CFO KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Douglas Levine director 2602 NW 5TH AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33127

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