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The Swatch Group AG (The Swatch Group AG) Interest Coverage : 252.46 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is The Swatch Group AG 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. The Swatch Group AG's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $584 Mil. The Swatch Group AG's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2 Mil. The Swatch Group AG's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 252.46. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. The Swatch Group AG has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

SWGNF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 17.33   Med: 283.04   Max: 1451
Current: 297.75


SWGNF's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
92.44% of 754 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 7.83 vs SWGNF: 297.75

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


The Swatch Group AG Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Swatch Group AG'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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The Swatch Group AG Interest Coverage Chart

The Swatch Group AG 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 127.87 17.33 204.20 386.03 297.77

The Swatch Group AG Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 309.44 167.67 N/A 343.04 252.46

Competitive Comparison of The Swatch Group AG's Interest Coverage

For the Luxury Goods subindustry, The Swatch Group 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.


The Swatch Group AG's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, The Swatch Group AG's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



The Swatch Group 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

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.

The Swatch Group AG'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, The Swatch Group AG's Interest Expense was $-5 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,377 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1377.197/-4.625
=297.77

The Swatch Group AG's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, The Swatch Group AG's Interest Expense was $-2 Mil. Its Operating Income was $584 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*583.95/-2.313
=252.46

* 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.


The Swatch Group AG  (OTCPK:SWGNF) 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 .


The Swatch Group AG Interest Coverage Related Terms

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The Swatch Group AG (The Swatch Group AG) Business Description

Address
Seevorstadt 6, Bienne, CHE, 2501
Swatch Group's biggest brands are Omega (number-two Swiss watch brand by sales after Rolex), Longines (the largest premium watch brand and number four by sales globally), Breguet, Tissot (the leader in midrange Swiss watches), and Swatch. Swatch group employs over 31,000 people, half of them in Switzerland. We estimate that Swatch Group makes about 30% of its sales from Omega, 17% from ultraluxury brands, 20% from Longines, 10% from Tissot, and 6% from Swatch. We estimate Omega and Longines to be the group's most profitable brands.

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