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Pembury Lifestyle Group (JSE:PEM) Interest Coverage : 0.51 (As of Jun. 2019)


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What is Pembury Lifestyle Group 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. Pembury Lifestyle Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2019 was R1.13 Mil. Pembury Lifestyle Group's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2019 was R-2.20 Mil. Pembury Lifestyle Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was 0.51. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


JSE:PEM's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Education industry.
Industry Median: 15.69
* 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.


Pembury Lifestyle Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pembury Lifestyle Group'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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Pembury Lifestyle Group Interest Coverage Chart

Pembury Lifestyle Group Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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Pembury Lifestyle Group Semi-Annual Data
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Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - - - 0.51

Competitive Comparison of Pembury Lifestyle Group's Interest Coverage

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Pembury Lifestyle Group'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.


Pembury Lifestyle Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Pembury Lifestyle Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pembury Lifestyle Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Pembury Lifestyle Group 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.

Pembury Lifestyle Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018, Pembury Lifestyle Group's Interest Expense was R-4.72 Mil. Its Operating Income was R-101.19 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R25.21 Mil.

Pembury Lifestyle Group did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Pembury Lifestyle Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2019, Pembury Lifestyle Group's Interest Expense was R-2.20 Mil. Its Operating Income was R1.13 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R26.86 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2019 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2019 )
=-1*1.127/-2.204
=0.51

* 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.


Pembury Lifestyle Group  (JSE:PEM) 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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Pembury Lifestyle Group (JSE:PEM) Business Description

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Address
111 9th Avenue, P.O. Box 73723, Fairlands, Randburg, Gauteng, Johannesburg, ZAF, 2030
Pembury Lifestyle Group Ltd is a South Africa based group that provides private education through its independent schools, with an intention to own the properties from which the schools operate and operating of retirement lodges. Its reportable segments are: PLG Properties - investment properties; Pembury Schools - developing and managing independent schools; and PLG Retirement Villages - developing and managing retirement villages. The main revenue is generated through the Pembury Schools segment that includes fees from the provision of accessible, affordable, private education and related services.

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