FESNF (First Real Estate Investment Trust) Interest Coverage: 5.09 (As of Dec. 2025) — 13% Below Median

First Real Estate Investment Trust  (OTCPK:FESNF) 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 .

First Real Estate Investment Trust Interest Coverage Related Terms

The historical data trend for First Real Estate Investment Trust'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.

First Real Estate Investment Trust Interest Coverage Chart

First Real Estate Investment Trust Annual Data
	Trend	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Dec21	Dec22	Dec23	Dec24	Dec25
Interest Coverage		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					7.62	6.83	5.18	4.76	5.12

First Real Estate Investment Trust Semi-Annual Data
	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23	Jun24	Dec24	Jun25	Dec25
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															5.24	4.96	4.60	5.22	5.09

FESNF vs WELL, VTR, OHI: Interest Coverage Comparison

For the REIT - Healthcare Facilities subindustry, First Real Estate Investment Trust'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.

First Real Estate Investment Trust Interest Coverage vs REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, First Real Estate Investment Trust's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First Real Estate Investment Trust's Interest Coverage falls into.

First Real Estate Investment Trust 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

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

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

First Real Estate Investment Trust's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025, First Real Estate Investment Trust's Interest Expense was $-12.55 Mil. Its Operating Income was $64.18 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $150.44 Mil.

First Real Estate Investment Trust's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2025, First Real Estate Investment Trust's Interest Expense was $-6.08 Mil. Its Operating Income was $30.92 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $150.44 Mil.

* 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.

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