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DGICB (Donegal Group) Interest Coverage : 94.58 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Donegal 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 EBIT by its Interest Expense. Donegal Group's EBIT for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $31.5 Mil. Donegal Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-0.3 Mil. Donegal Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 94.58. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

DGICB' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.61   Med: 30.4   Max: 77.67
Current: 77.67


DGICB's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
75.6% of 336 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.81 vs DGICB: 77.67

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


Donegal Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Donegal 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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Donegal Group Interest Coverage Chart

Donegal Group Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
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Donegal Group 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 47.76 33.34 56.46 111.29 94.58

Competitive Comparison of Donegal Group's Interest Coverage

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Donegal 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.


Donegal Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Donegal Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Donegal 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 EBIT is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and EBIT 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.

Donegal Group'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, Donegal Group's Interest Expense was $-0.9 Mil. Its EBIT was $63.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*63.285/-0.946
=66.90

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Donegal Group's Interest Expense was $-0.3 Mil. Its EBIT was $31.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*31.494/-0.333
=94.58

* 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.


Donegal Group  (NAS:DGICB) 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 .


Donegal Group Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Donegal Group Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1195 River Road, P.O. Box 302, Marietta, PA, USA, 17547-0302
Donegal Group Inc is an insurance holding company that offers businesses and individuals personal and commercial lines of property and casualty insurance. The company's reportable segments are its Investment function, Personal lines of insurance, and Commercial lines of insurance. Personal lines products consist mainly of homeowners and private passenger automobile policies. The Commercial lines products of its insurance subsidiaries consist mainly of commercial automobile, commercial multi-peril, and workers' compensation policies. The group mainly operates in the United States.