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Tongaat Hulett (JSE:TON) Interest Coverage : 2.15 (As of Sep. 2021)


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What is Tongaat Hulett 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. Tongaat Hulett's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2021 was R1,350 Mil. Tongaat Hulett's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2021 was R-628 Mil. Tongaat Hulett's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was 2.15. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


JSE:TON's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 8.47
* 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.


Tongaat Hulett Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tongaat Hulett'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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Tongaat Hulett Interest Coverage Chart

Tongaat Hulett Annual Data
Trend Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.47 2.78 0.38 2.22 1.46

Tongaat Hulett Semi-Annual Data
Mar12 Sep12 Mar13 Sep13 Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21
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 1.29 3.16 2.09 0.54 2.15

Competitive Comparison of Tongaat Hulett's Interest Coverage

For the Confectioners subindustry, Tongaat Hulett'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.


Tongaat Hulett's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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



Tongaat Hulett 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.

Tongaat Hulett's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2021, Tongaat Hulett's Interest Expense was R-1,382 Mil. Its Operating Income was R2,022 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R426 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2021 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2021 )
=-1*2022/-1382
=1.46

Tongaat Hulett's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2021, Tongaat Hulett's Interest Expense was R-628 Mil. Its Operating Income was R1,350 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R453 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2021 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2021 )
=-1*1350/-628
=2.15

* 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.


Tongaat Hulett  (JSE:TON) 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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Tongaat Hulett (JSE:TON) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Amanzimnyama Hill Road, P O Box 3, Tongaat, NL, ZAF, 4400
Tongaat Hulett Ltd produces sugar and glucose in Africa. It procures its raw materials both from land it owns and from private farmers. Tongaat sells its products to customers in the foodservice industry and to consumers as branded products. Raw sugar sales make up most of the company's revenue. Its biggest markets are South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. The company also earns revenue by converting and developing land that it owns and has used for agricultural purposes. Additionally, the by-products from its manufacturing processes create renewable energy, which the company uses to supply electricity to the grid in some instances.

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