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Sphera Franchise Group (BSE:SFG) Interest Coverage : 6.61 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Sphera Franchise Group 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. Sphera Franchise Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was lei41 Mil. Sphera Franchise Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was lei-6 Mil. Sphera Franchise Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 6.61. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BSE:SFG' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.78   Med: 3.77   Max: 14.88
Current: 6.1


BSE:SFG's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
52.65% of 264 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 6.9 vs BSE:SFG: 6.10

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


Sphera Franchise Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sphera Franchise Group'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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Sphera Franchise Group Interest Coverage Chart

Sphera Franchise Group Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 6.75 0.78 2.82 3.00 4.53

Sphera Franchise Group Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 4.95 7.58 5.39 4.85 6.61

Competitive Comparison of Sphera Franchise Group's Interest Coverage

For the Restaurants subindustry, Sphera Franchise Group'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.


Sphera Franchise Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sphera Franchise Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sphera Franchise Group's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Sphera Franchise Group 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.

Sphera Franchise Group'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, Sphera Franchise Group's Interest Expense was lei-24 Mil. Its Operating Income was lei110 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was lei303 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*109.681/-24.197
=4.53

Sphera Franchise Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Sphera Franchise Group's Interest Expense was lei-6 Mil. Its Operating Income was lei41 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was lei328 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*40.925/-6.19
=6.61

* 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.


Sphera Franchise Group  (BSE:SFG) 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 .


Sphera Franchise Group Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Sphera Franchise Group Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Calea Dorobantilor Nr. 239, 2nd Floor, Sector 1, Bucharest, ROU
Sphera Franchise Group SA together with its subsidiaries, operates quick service and takeaway restaurants. It operates in two segments, Quick-Service Restaurants and Full-Service Restaurants. The company operates restaurants under the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) brand in Romania, the Republic of Moldova, and Italy. It also operates a chain of pizza restaurants under the Pizza Hut (PH) brand, as well as a chain of restaurants under the Taco Bell brand in Romania. It generates maximum revenue from the KFC segment.

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