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Ace Liberty & Stone (AQSE:ALSP) Interest Coverage : 1.18 (As of Apr. 2023)


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What is Ace Liberty & Stone 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. Ace Liberty & Stone's Operating Income for the six months ended in Apr. 2023 was £1.85 Mil. Ace Liberty & Stone's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Apr. 2023 was £-1.57 Mil. Ace Liberty & Stone's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2023 was 1.18. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Ace Liberty & Stone PLC interest coverage is 1.19, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Ace Liberty & Stone's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

AQSE:ALSP' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.16   Med: 1.48   Max: 2.05
Current: 1.19


AQSE:ALSP's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
81.84% of 1316 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 3.895 vs AQSE:ALSP: 1.19

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


Ace Liberty & Stone Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ace Liberty & Stone'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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Ace Liberty & Stone Interest Coverage Chart

Ace Liberty & Stone Annual Data
Trend Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.48 2.05 1.77 1.19 1.16

Ace Liberty & Stone Semi-Annual Data
Apr18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Apr24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.49 2.24 1.19 1.18 N/A

Competitive Comparison of Ace Liberty & Stone's Interest Coverage

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Ace Liberty & Stone'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.


Ace Liberty & Stone's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Ace Liberty & Stone's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ace Liberty & Stone's Interest Coverage falls into.



Ace Liberty & Stone 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.

Ace Liberty & Stone's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2024, Ace Liberty & Stone's Interest Expense was £-3.64 Mil. Its Operating Income was £4.22 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £32.27 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Apr. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Apr. 2024 )
=-1*4.224/-3.643
=1.16

Ace Liberty & Stone's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Apr. 2023, Ace Liberty & Stone's Interest Expense was £-1.57 Mil. Its Operating Income was £1.85 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £23.15 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Apr. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Apr. 2023 )
=-1*1.849/-1.565
=1.18

* 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.


Ace Liberty & Stone  (AQSE:ALSP) 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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Ace Liberty & Stone Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
C/o Bracher Rawlins Llp, 16 High Holborn, London, GBR, WC1V 6BX
Ace Liberty & Stone PLC is an investment company. Its portfolio includes commercial and residential properties in the United Kingdom. The Group's income derives overwhelmingly from the ownership of commercial properties in the United Kingdom.

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