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Rainbow Chicken (JSE:RBO) Interest Coverage : 2.65 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Rainbow Chicken 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. Rainbow Chicken's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was R240 Mil. Rainbow Chicken's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was R-91 Mil. Rainbow Chicken's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 2.65. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

JSE:RBO' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.75   Med: 2.75   Max: 2.75
Current: 2.75


JSE:RBO's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
75.35% of 1440 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.175 vs JSE:RBO: 2.75

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


Rainbow Chicken Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rainbow Chicken'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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Rainbow Chicken Interest Coverage Chart

Rainbow Chicken Annual Data
Trend Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Interest Coverage
- - - 2.75

Rainbow Chicken Semi-Annual Data
Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
Interest Coverage N/A N/A N/A 2.98 2.65

Competitive Comparison of Rainbow Chicken's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Rainbow Chicken'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.


Rainbow Chicken's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Rainbow Chicken's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Rainbow Chicken 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.

Rainbow Chicken's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024, Rainbow Chicken's Interest Expense was R-128 Mil. Its Operating Income was R351 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R162 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*350.9/-127.6
=2.75

Rainbow Chicken's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2024, Rainbow Chicken's Interest Expense was R-91 Mil. Its Operating Income was R240 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R162 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*240.273/-90.533
=2.65

* 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.


Rainbow Chicken  (JSE:RBO) 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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Rainbow Chicken Business Description

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1 Stanley Methven Road, Hammarsdale, Durban, NL, ZAF, 3701
Rainbow Chicken Ltd is a fully integrated broiler producing company involved in all stages of chicken production from farm to fork. It creates the industry's superior animal feed and is involved in every step of the process delivering fresh, frozen, and further processed chicken of superior quality.

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