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Brikor (JSE:BIK) Interest Coverage : 0.79 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Brikor 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. Brikor's Operating Income for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was R4.3 Mil. Brikor's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was R-5.4 Mil. Brikor's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.79. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

JSE:BIK' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.4   Med: 2.92   Max: 4.37
Current: 2.22


JSE:BIK's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
80.32% of 310 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 6.65 vs JSE:BIK: 2.22

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


Brikor Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Brikor'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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Brikor Interest Coverage Chart

Brikor Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.92 4.37 - 1.40 2.22

Brikor Semi-Annual Data
Feb12 Aug12 Aug13 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
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 - 0.12 2.15 3.27 0.79

Competitive Comparison of Brikor's Interest Coverage

For the Building Materials subindustry, Brikor'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.


Brikor's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Brikor's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Brikor 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.

Brikor's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024, Brikor's Interest Expense was R-12.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was R28.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R11.8 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*28.415/-12.809
=2.22

Brikor's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Feb. 2024, Brikor's Interest Expense was R-5.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was R4.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R11.8 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*4.295/-5.43
=0.79

* 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.


Brikor  (JSE:BIK) 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 .


Brikor Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Brikor (JSE:BIK) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1 Marievale Road, Vorsterskroon, Nigel, GT, ZAF, 1490
Brikor Ltd is a conglomerate company engaged in the manufacturing and supplying of bricks and mining of coal. The company operates in two segments which are Bricks, which include manufacturing and sales of bricks, and Coal which includes mining and sale of coal. The company earns the majority of its revenue from the Bricks segment.

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