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Jarden (Jarden) Interest Coverage : 1.55 (As of Dec. 2015)


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What is Jarden 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. Jarden's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2015 was $99 Mil. Jarden's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2015 was $-64 Mil. Jarden's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was 1.55. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


JAH's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry.
Industry Median: 8.89
* 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.


Jarden Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Jarden'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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Jarden Interest Coverage Chart

Jarden Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.91 3.11 2.93 3.04 2.25

Jarden Quarterly Data
Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15
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 3.08 - 3.65 4.37 1.55

Competitive Comparison of Jarden's Interest Coverage

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances subindustry, Jarden'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.


Jarden's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances Industry

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Jarden's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Jarden 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.

Jarden's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015, Jarden's Interest Expense was $-226 Mil. Its Operating Income was $508 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,788 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2015 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2015 )
=-1*507.7/-226.1
=2.25

Jarden's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2015, Jarden's Interest Expense was $-64 Mil. Its Operating Income was $99 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,788 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2015 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2015 )
=-1*99.2/-64.1
=1.55

* 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.


Jarden  (NYSE:JAH) 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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Jarden (Jarden) Business Description

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Jarden Corp is a Delaware corporation formed in April 1993. The Company is a provider of consumer products The Company reports four business segments namely Outdoor Solutions, Consumer Solutions, Branded Consumables and Process Solutions. The Outdoor Solutions segment manufactures or sources, markets and distributes consumer active lifestyle products for outdoor and outdoor-related activities. For general outdoor activities, Coleman is a brand for active lifestyle products, that include camping and outdoor equipment such as air beds, camping stoves, coolers, foldable furniture, gas and charcoal grills, lanterns and flashlights, propane fuel, sleeping bags, tents and water recreation products such as boats, kayaks and tow-behinds. The Consumer Solutions segment manufactures or sources, markets, and distributes a diverse line of household products, including kitchen appliances and personal care and wellness products for home use. The products in this segment include clippers and trimmers for professional use in the beauty and barber and animal categories; electric blankets, mattress pads and throws; household kitchen appliances, such as blenders, coffeemakers, irons, mixers, slow cookers, toasters, toaster ovens and vacuum packaging machines; personal care and wellness products, such as air purifiers, fans, heaters and humidifiers, for home use; products for the hospitality industry; and scales for consumer use. The Branded Consumables segment manufactures or sources, markets and distributes a line of branded consumer products, many of which are affordable, consumable and fundamental household staples, including arts and crafts paint brushes, children's card games, fencing, fire extinguishing products, firelogs and firestarters, home canning jars and accessories, kitchen matches, other craft items, plastic cutlery, playing cards and accessories, safes, security cameras, security doors, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, storage organizers and workshop accessories, toothpicks, window guards and other accessories. This segment markets its products under the Aviator, Ball, Bee, Bernardin, Bicycle, BRK, Crawford, Diamond, Dicon, First Alert, Forster, Hoyle, Java-Log, KEM, Kerr, Lehigh, Leslie-Locke, Loew-Cornell, Pine Mountain and Wellington brand names, among others. The Process Solutions segment manufactures, markets and distributes plastic products including closures, contact lens packaging, medical disposables, plastic cutlery and rigid packaging. Many of these products are consumable in nature or represent components of consumer products. The Company's materials business produces specialty nylon polymers, conductive fibers and monofilament used in various products, including woven mats used by paper producers and weed trimmer cutting line, as well as fiberglass radio antennas for marine, citizen band and military applications. In addition, the Company manufactures a line of industrial zinc products marketed globally for use in the
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