Syngenta AG (Syngenta AG) Interest Coverage : 4.16 (As of Dec. 2018)

Syngenta AG Interest Coverage Chart

Syngenta AG Annual Data
	Trend	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18
Interest Coverage		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					11.78	13.19	10.27	2.48	5.05

Syngenta AG Semi-Annual Data
	Jun09	Dec09	Jun10	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12	Jun13	Dec13	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															N/A	17.23	N/A	9.29	4.16

Competitive Comparison of Syngenta AG's Interest Coverage

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Syngenta AG'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.

Syngenta AG's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Syngenta AG's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Syngenta AG's Interest Coverage falls into.

Syngenta AG 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

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

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

Syngenta AG's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018, Syngenta AG's Interest Expense was $-379 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,915 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $7,415 Mil.

Syngenta AG's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2018, Syngenta AG's Interest Expense was $-123 Mil. Its Operating Income was $512 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $7,415 Mil.

* 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.

Syngenta AG  (NYSE:SYT) 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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