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Lake House Printers & Publishers (COL:LPRT.N0000) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of . 20)


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What is Lake House Printers & Publishers 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. Lake House Printers & Publishers's Operating Income for the three months ended in . 20 was රු0.00 Mil. Lake House Printers & Publishers's Interest Expense for the three months ended in . 20 was රු0.00 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

(1) 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.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lake House Printers & Publishers's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


COL:LPRT.N0000's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 13.47
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Lake House Printers & Publishers Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lake House Printers & Publishers'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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Competitive Comparison of Lake House Printers & Publishers's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Lake House Printers & Publishers'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.


Lake House Printers & Publishers's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Lake House Printers & Publishers's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lake House Printers & Publishers's Interest Coverage falls into.



Lake House Printers & Publishers 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.

Lake House Printers & Publishers's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in . 20 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in . 20, Lake House Printers & Publishers's Interest Expense was රු0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was රු0.00 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was රු0.00 Mil.

Lake House Printers & Publishers had no debt (1).

Lake House Printers & Publishers's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in . 20 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in . 20, Lake House Printers & Publishers's Interest Expense was රු0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was රු0.00 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was රු0.00 Mil.

Lake House Printers & Publishers had no debt (1).

* 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.


Lake House Printers & Publishers  (COL:LPRT.N0000) 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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Lake House Printers & Publishers (COL:LPRT.N0000) Business Description

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Number 41, W.A.D. Ramanayake Mawatha, Colombo, LKA, 02
Lake House Printers & Publishers PLC is a Sri Lanka-based company engaged in the activities of the printing of cheque leaves and security documents. It is also in the business of manufacturing and marketing plastic security cards and the supply of related equipment and machinery and, publishing and distributing the Lake House Atlas. The operating segments of the company are the Security printing division, Security card division, Atlas, and LH Plantation. It derives maximum revenue from the Security card division segment.

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