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ACOPY (The a2 Milk Co) Interest Coverage : 46.32 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is The a2 Milk Co 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 a2 Milk Co's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was $51 Mil. The a2 Milk Co's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was $-1 Mil. The a2 Milk Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 46.32. 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 a2 Milk Co Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

The historical rank and industry rank for The a2 Milk Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

ACOPY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 40.71   Med: 1327.03   Max: 9221.64
Current: 77.02


ACOPY's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
81.55% of 1474 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.695 vs ACOPY: 77.02

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 a2 Milk Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for The a2 Milk Co'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 a2 Milk Co Interest Coverage Chart

The a2 Milk Co Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9,211.26 1,519.44 78.04 40.71 55.90

The a2 Milk Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 38.69 42.82 33.85 346.52 46.32

Competitive Comparison of The a2 Milk Co's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, The a2 Milk Co'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 a2 Milk Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, The a2 Milk Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The a2 Milk Co's Interest Coverage falls into.


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The a2 Milk Co 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 a2 Milk Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024, The a2 Milk Co's Interest Expense was $-2 Mil. Its Operating Income was $103 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $37 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*103.078/-1.844
=55.90

The a2 Milk Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, The a2 Milk Co's Interest Expense was $-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $51 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $35 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*50.537/-1.091
=46.32

* 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 a2 Milk Co  (OTCPK:ACOPY) 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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The a2 Milk Co Business Description

Address
51 Shortland Street, P.O. Box 163, Level 10, Auckland, NTL, NZL, 1010
A2 Milk is a New Zealand licensor and marketer of fresh milk, infant formula, and other dairy products that lack the A1 beta-casein protein. The firm was founded in 2000 by Corran McLachlan, who developed a genetic test to determine which proteins a cow produces in its milk, and business partner Howard Paterson. The company has been through a tumultuous history of receivership, legal battles, and strategic shifts, but emerged in its current structure in 2006 and listed publicly in March 2013.

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