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Castleview Property Fund (JSE:CVW) Interest Coverage : 0.46 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Castleview Property Fund 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. Castleview Property Fund's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was R205 Mil. Castleview Property Fund's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was R-448 Mil. Castleview Property Fund's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.46. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Castleview Property Fund Ltds earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

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

JSE:CVW' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.76   Med: 1.85   Max: 2.39
Current: 0.76


JSE:CVW's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the REITs industry.
Industry Median: 2.95 vs JSE:CVW: 0.76

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


Castleview Property Fund Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Castleview Property Fund'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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Castleview Property Fund Interest Coverage Chart

Castleview Property Fund Annual Data
Trend Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22
Interest Coverage
N/A 1.63 1.85 1.84 2.39

Castleview Property Fund Semi-Annual Data
Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Sep23
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.45 2.35 1.88 1.07 0.46

Competitive Comparison of Castleview Property Fund's Interest Coverage

For the REIT - Retail subindustry, Castleview Property Fund'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.


Castleview Property Fund's Interest Coverage Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Castleview Property Fund's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Castleview Property Fund's Interest Coverage falls into.



Castleview Property Fund 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.

Castleview Property Fund's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2022, Castleview Property Fund's Interest Expense was R-12 Mil. Its Operating Income was R30 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R192 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Feb. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Feb. 2022 )
=-1*29.806/-12.446
=2.39

Castleview Property Fund's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Castleview Property Fund's Interest Expense was R-448 Mil. Its Operating Income was R205 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R8,248 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*205.27/-447.668
=0.46

* 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.


Castleview Property Fund  (JSE:CVW) 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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Castleview Property Fund (JSE:CVW) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
13 Hudson Street, De Waterkant, Woodstock, Cape Town, WC, ZAF, 8001
Castleview Property Fund Ltd is a property holding and investment company in South Africa. Principally, it invests in a diversified portfolio of retail properties situated in South Africa. The company also invests in regional shopping centers like Pier 14 Shopping Centre located in the Eastern Cape.

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