Shoppers Drug Mart (FRA:SDZ) Interest Coverage : 21.04 (As of Dec. 2013)

Shoppers Drug Mart Interest Coverage Chart

Shoppers Drug Mart Annual Data
	Trend	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13
Interest Coverage		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					15.39	14.80	N/A	15.25	16.29

Shoppers Drug Mart Quarterly Data
	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															18.73	13.09	15.81	15.95	21.04

Competitive Comparison of Shoppers Drug Mart's Interest Coverage

For the Pharmaceutical Retailers subindustry, Shoppers Drug Mart'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.

Shoppers Drug Mart's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Shoppers Drug Mart's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shoppers Drug Mart's Interest Coverage falls into.

Shoppers Drug Mart 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.

Shoppers Drug Mart's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013, Shoppers Drug Mart's Interest Expense was €-36 Mil. Its Operating Income was €592 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €340 Mil.

Shoppers Drug Mart's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2013, Shoppers Drug Mart's Interest Expense was €-8 Mil. Its Operating Income was €164 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €340 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.

Shoppers Drug Mart  (FRA:SDZ) 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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