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Ghabbour Auto (Ghabbour Auto) Interest Coverage : 3.09 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Ghabbour Auto 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. Ghabbour Auto's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $31.77 Mil. Ghabbour Auto's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-10.28 Mil. Ghabbour Auto's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.09. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

GBAXY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.37   Med: 1.89   Max: 4.18
Current: 2.43


GBAXY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
79.04% of 1040 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 7.745 vs GBAXY: 2.43

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


Ghabbour Auto Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ghabbour Auto'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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Ghabbour Auto Interest Coverage Chart

Ghabbour Auto Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.93 2.09 4.07 4.18 2.50

Ghabbour Auto Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 2.92 1.70 2.57 2.29 3.09

Competitive Comparison of Ghabbour Auto's Interest Coverage

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Ghabbour Auto'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.


Ghabbour Auto's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Ghabbour Auto's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ghabbour Auto's Interest Coverage falls into.



Ghabbour Auto 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.

Ghabbour Auto'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, Ghabbour Auto's Interest Expense was $-41.95 Mil. Its Operating Income was $105.07 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $175.44 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*105.073/-41.946
=2.50

Ghabbour Auto's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Ghabbour Auto's Interest Expense was $-10.28 Mil. Its Operating Income was $31.77 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $175.44 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*31.772/-10.282
=3.09

* 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.


Ghabbour Auto  (OTCPK:GBAXY) 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 .


Ghabbour Auto Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Ghabbour Auto (Ghabbour Auto) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Alexandria Desert Road, Industrial Zone - Abou Rawash Kilo meter 28 Cairo, Giza, EGY
GB Corp is a company engaged in trading, distributing, and marketing of all transportation means including heavy trucks, semi-trucks, passenger cars, buses, minibuses, microbuses, agriculture tractors pick-ups, mechanical tools equipment for sail movement. It operates in segments that include Passenger cars engaged in trading, distributing, and marketing for all kinds of passenger cars including locally manufactured and imported cars. Buses and trucks segment, 2 & 3 Wheels, Financial Services non-Banking, and Other operations which includes trading spare parts, and accessories. The company derives the majority of its revenue from the Passenger car segment.

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