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Ser Educacional (BSP:SEER3) Interest Coverage : 2.39 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Ser Educacional 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. Ser Educacional's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was R$115 Mil. Ser Educacional's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was R$-48 Mil. Ser Educacional's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 2.39. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BSP:SEER3' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.1   Med: 2.28   Max: 4.13
Current: 1.96


BSP:SEER3's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
85.94% of 192 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 16.92 vs BSP:SEER3: 1.96

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


Ser Educacional Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ser Educacional'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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Ser Educacional Interest Coverage Chart

Ser Educacional Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.67 1.83 1.10 1.41 1.71

Ser Educacional Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 1.32 2.40 1.45 1.56 2.39

Competitive Comparison of Ser Educacional's Interest Coverage

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Ser Educacional'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.


Ser Educacional's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Ser Educacional's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ser Educacional's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Ser Educacional 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.

Ser Educacional's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Ser Educacional's Interest Expense was R$-171 Mil. Its Operating Income was R$293 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$1,390 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*292.862/-170.961
=1.71

Ser Educacional's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Ser Educacional's Interest Expense was R$-48 Mil. Its Operating Income was R$115 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$1,303 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*115.036/-48.149
=2.39

* 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.


Ser Educacional  (BSP:SEER3) 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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Ser Educacional Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Av Da Saudade. 254, Recife, PE, BRA, 50100200
Ser Educacional SA is an education and training services company. It is principally involved in the development and management activities for on-campus and distance-learning undergraduate, graduate, professional training, and other areas of education, and in participation, as a partner or shareholder, in other partnerships and companies in Brazil. Geographically, the operations are carried out through Brazil which also accounts for the majority of the revenue which includes monthly tuitions charged to students enrolled semiannually in regular undergraduate, graduate, distance learning, and technical courses.

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