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Clearwater Seafoods (Clearwater Seafoods) Interest Coverage : 2.64 (As of Sep. 2020)


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What is Clearwater Seafoods 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. Clearwater Seafoods's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2020 was $13.8 Mil. Clearwater Seafoods's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2020 was $-5.2 Mil. Clearwater Seafoods's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was 2.64. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


CSEAF's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 8.44
* 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.


Clearwater Seafoods Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clearwater Seafoods'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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Clearwater Seafoods Interest Coverage Chart

Clearwater Seafoods Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Interest Coverage
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Clearwater Seafoods Quarterly Data
Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20
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Competitive Comparison of Clearwater Seafoods's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Clearwater Seafoods'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.


Clearwater Seafoods's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Clearwater Seafoods's Interest Coverage falls into.



Clearwater Seafoods 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.

Clearwater Seafoods's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019, Clearwater Seafoods's Interest Expense was $-22.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $48.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $325.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2019 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2019 )
=-1*48.817/-22.008
=2.22

Clearwater Seafoods's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2020, Clearwater Seafoods's Interest Expense was $-5.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was $13.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $321.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2020 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2020 )
=-1*13.766/-5.221
=2.64

* 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.


Clearwater Seafoods  (GREY:CSEAF) 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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Clearwater Seafoods (Clearwater Seafoods) Business Description

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Address
757 Bedford Highway, Bedford, NS, CAN, B4A 3Z7
Clearwater Seafoods Inc is a distributor of shellfish and seafood with operations in Asia, North America, and Europe. Revenue is largely generated by the company's European branch. Clearwater Seafoods engages in the harvesting, processing, and marketing of seafood. The company obtains wild-caught seafood through its vessels located within Canada and Argentina. Products are segmented into scallops, lobster, clams, coldwater shrimp, crab, Langoustine and Groundfish, and other shellfish. The scallop segment contributes to the majority of Clearwater Seafoods' revenue.

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