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Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE (CHIX:VH2D) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE 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. Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-1.3 Mil. Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-0.3 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

CHIX:VH2d' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.87   Med: 32.44   Max: 38.36
Current: 0.87


CHIX:VH2d's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
92.06% of 1260 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.005 vs CHIX:VH2d: 0.87

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


Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE'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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Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE Interest Coverage Chart

Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
28.80 36.08 38.36 16.36 -

Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE's Interest Coverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE'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.


Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE's Interest Coverage falls into.



Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE 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.

Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE'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, Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE's Interest Expense was €-1.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was €-0.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €11.7 Mil.

Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE's Interest Expense was €-0.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was €-1.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €18.4 Mil.

Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE  (CHIX:VH2d) 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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Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE (CHIX:VH2D) Business Description

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Address
Niedersachsenstrasse 19-21, Tostedt, DEU, 21255
Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE is a driver of the European energy transition. It has four segments Natural Gas segment, which is the key revenue driver, comprises the transport and conversion of raw natural gas into treated natural gas, Electricity segment provides infrastructure for the underground transport and conversion of electricity, which is generated from non-fossil energy sources such as wind, solar, hydro, and regenerative resources, Clean Hydrogen segment comprises the conversion of energy from energy sources into clean hydrogen and its transportation to consumers, Adjacent Opportunities segment concentrates on the related turnkey technologies, and the majority of its revenue comes from Adjacent Opportunities.

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