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Egypt Kuwait Holding Co (CAI:EKHOA) Interest Coverage : 0.97 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Egypt Kuwait Holding 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. Egypt Kuwait Holding Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was E£830 Mil. Egypt Kuwait Holding Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was E£-854 Mil. Egypt Kuwait Holding Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.97. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

CAI:EKHOA' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.14   Med: 6.09   Max: 10.48
Current: 2.46


CAI:EKHOA's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
80.88% of 1187 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.98 vs CAI:EKHOA: 2.46

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


Egypt Kuwait Holding Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Egypt Kuwait Holding 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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Egypt Kuwait Holding Co Interest Coverage Chart

Egypt Kuwait Holding Co 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 9.43 7.64 7.74 9.96 3.39

Egypt Kuwait Holding Co Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.51 3.91 3.28 1.69 0.97

Competitive Comparison of Egypt Kuwait Holding Co's Interest Coverage

For the Chemicals subindustry, Egypt Kuwait Holding 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.


Egypt Kuwait Holding Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Egypt Kuwait Holding Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Egypt Kuwait Holding Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Egypt Kuwait Holding 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.

Egypt Kuwait Holding Co'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, Egypt Kuwait Holding Co's Interest Expense was E£-2,055 Mil. Its Operating Income was E£6,959 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was E£11,863 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*6958.614/-2054.537
=3.39

Egypt Kuwait Holding Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Egypt Kuwait Holding Co's Interest Expense was E£-854 Mil. Its Operating Income was E£830 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was E£17,967 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*829.883/-854.107
=0.97

* 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.


Egypt Kuwait Holding Co  (CAI:EKHOA) 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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Egypt Kuwait Holding Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
14, Hassan Mohamed El Razzaz Street, Dokki, Agouza, Giza, EGY
Egypt Kuwait Holding Co is an investment company with a portfolio of companies that operate in oil and gas, fertilizers and petrochemicals, insurance, manufacturing, information technology, transportation, and infrastructure. The company operates in the business segments comprising the energy sector, fertilizers and chemicals; Non-banking sector; the Wood Processing sector, and other operations. The company generates maximum revenue from the Fertilizers and chemicals segment. The fertilizers and chemicals segment of the company encompasses products ranging from urea, ammonium nitrate, and formaldehyde flakes and Formica flakes.

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