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Dipulaome Fund (JSE:DIB) Interest Coverage : 2.70 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Dipulaome 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. Dipulaome Fund's Operating Income for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was R452 Mil. Dipulaome Fund's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was R-168 Mil. Dipulaome Fund's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 2.70. 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. Dipula Income Fund Ltd interest coverage is 2.53, which is low.

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

JSE:DIB' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.04   Med: 2.53   Max: 2.93
Current: 2.53


JSE:DIB's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
57.66% of 666 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.945 vs JSE:DIB: 2.53

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


Dipulaome Fund Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dipulaome 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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Dipulaome Fund Interest Coverage Chart

Dipulaome Fund Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.55 2.39 2.68 2.93 2.50

Dipulaome Fund Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 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 2.91 2.95 2.64 2.38 2.70

Competitive Comparison of Dipulaome Fund's Interest Coverage

For the REIT - Retail subindustry, Dipulaome 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.


Dipulaome Fund's Interest Coverage Distribution in the REITs Industry

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

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



Dipulaome 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.

Dipulaome Fund's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023, Dipulaome Fund's Interest Expense was R-340 Mil. Its Operating Income was R851 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R2,241 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Aug. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Aug. 2023 )
=-1*851.296/-340.387
=2.50

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

Here, for the six months ended in Feb. 2024, Dipulaome Fund's Interest Expense was R-168 Mil. Its Operating Income was R452 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R3,802 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*452.276/-167.575
=2.70

* 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.


Dipulaome Fund  (JSE:DIB) 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 .


Dipulaome Fund Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Dipulaome Fund (JSE:DIB) Business Description

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Address
16 Baker Street, 12th Floor, Firestation Rosebank, Rosebank, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2196
Dipula Income Fund Ltd is a South Africa-based real estate investment trust. It owns a diversified portfolio of investments in different sectors in all nine provinces of South Africa. Its segments include Retail, Offices, Industrial, Land, Residential, and Corporate. A substantial part of the company's overall revenue is derived from its Retail segment. The majority of its properties are in Gauteng.

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