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JM Smucker Co (LTS:0L7F) Interest Coverage : 4.47 (As of Oct. 2024)


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What is JM Smucker Co 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. JM Smucker Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Oct. 2024 was $441 Mil. JM Smucker Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Oct. 2024 was $-99 Mil. JM Smucker Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was 4.47. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for JM Smucker Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0L7F' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.13   Med: 7.39   Max: 10.39
Current: 4.13


LTS:0L7F's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
65.28% of 1440 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.175 vs LTS:0L7F: 4.13

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


JM Smucker Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for JM Smucker Co'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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JM Smucker Co Interest Coverage Chart

JM Smucker Co Annual Data
Trend Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.83 7.83 7.29 7.77 5.48

JM Smucker Co Quarterly Data
Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24
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 9.10 3.97 4.56 3.55 4.47

Competitive Comparison of JM Smucker Co's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, JM Smucker Co'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.


JM Smucker Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where JM Smucker Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



JM Smucker Co 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.

JM Smucker Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2024, JM Smucker Co's Interest Expense was $-264 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,449 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $6,917 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Apr. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Apr. 2024 )
=-1*1448.9/-264.3
=5.48

JM Smucker Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Oct. 2024, JM Smucker Co's Interest Expense was $-99 Mil. Its Operating Income was $441 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $6,895 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Oct. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Oct. 2024 )
=-1*441.2/-98.7
=4.47

* 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.


JM Smucker Co  (LTS:0L7F) 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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JM Smucker Co Business Description

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Address
One Strawberry Lane, Orrville, OH, USA, 44667-0280
J.M. Smucker is a packaged food company that primarily sells through the US retail channel (78% of fiscal 2024 revenue came through its retail pet foods, coffee, and frozen handheld/spreads segments), with the remaining share consisting of Hostess and international (primarily Canada). Retail coffee is its largest category (33% of sales) with brands Folgers and Dunkin'. Pet foods (22% of sales) holds leading brands like Milk-Bone and Meow Mix. Of its remaining, approximately 22% comes from consumer foods, primarily peanut butter and jelly, through brands Jif and Smucker's. The company acquired Hostess Brands in fiscal 2024 to boost its snack and convenience store presence.

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