Numeral (JSE:XII) Interest Coverage: N/A (As of Feb. 2026)

Numeral  (JSE:XII) 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 .

Numeral Interest Coverage Related Terms

The historical data trend for Numeral'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.

Numeral Interest Coverage Chart

Numeral Annual Data
	Trend	Dec15	Feb18	Feb19	Feb20	Feb21	Feb22	Feb23	Feb24	Feb25	Feb26
Interest Coverage		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					No Debt	No Debt	No Debt	1.18	1.07

Numeral Quarterly Data
	Nov20	Feb21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24	May24	Aug24	Nov24	Feb25	May25	Aug25	Nov25	Feb26
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

JSE:XII vs ZTS, UTHR, VTRS: Interest Coverage Comparison

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Numeral'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.

Numeral Interest Coverage vs Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Numeral's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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

Numeral 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

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

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

Numeral's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2026 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2026, Numeral's Interest Expense was R-10.67 Mil. Its Operating Income was R11.40 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R66.09 Mil.

Numeral's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2026 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2026, Numeral's Interest Expense was R0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was R6.33 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R66.09 Mil.

* 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.

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