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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. Mondelez International's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $1,693 Mil. Mondelez International's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $-127 Mil. Mondelez International's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 13.33. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.
The historical rank and industry rank for Mondelez International's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:
Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.
The historical data trend for Mondelez International'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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9.82 | 13.31 | 8.87 | 10.20 | 13.12 |
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9.95 | 22.74 | 6.68 | 10.30 | 13.33 |
For the Confectioners subindustry, Mondelez International'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.
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Mondelez International's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Mondelez International's Interest Coverage falls into.
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.
Mondelez International's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as
Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Mondelez International's Interest Expense was $-508 Mil. Its Operating Income was $6,665 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $16,287 Mil.
Interest Coverage | = | -1 | * | Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 ) | / | Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 ) |
= | -1 | * | 6665 | / | -508 | |
= | 13.12 |
Mondelez International's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as
Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2024, Mondelez International's Interest Expense was $-127 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,693 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $16,287 Mil.
Interest Coverage | = | -1 | * | Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 ) | / | Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 ) |
= | -1 | * | 1693 | / | -127 | |
= | 13.33 |
* 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.
Mondelez International (NAS:MDLZ) 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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Hart Cees 't | director | C/O MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL, 905 WEST FULTON MARKET, SUITE 200, CHICAGO IL 60607 |
Deepak D. Iyer | officer: EVP and President AMEA | C/O MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL, INC., 905 WEST FULTON MARKET, SUITE 200, CHICAGO IL 60607 |
Anindita Mukherjee | director | 8501 WILLIAMS ROAD, ESTERO FL 33928 |
Maurizio Brusadelli | officer: EVP and President Asia Pac | MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL, INC., THREE PARKWAY NORTH, DEERFIELD IL 60015 |
Daniel E Ramos | officer: Chief Res & Dev Officer | 350 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10118 |
Ertharin Cousin | director | 250 PARKCENTER BLVD PO BOX 20, BOISE ID 83726 |
Robin S. Hargrove | officer: EVP, Research, Dev & Quality | C/O MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL, INC., THREE PARKWAY NORTH, DEERFIELD IL 60048 |
Mariano Lozano | officer: EVP and President, LA | C/O THE DANONE COMPANY, INC., 100 HILLSIDE AVENUE, WHITE PLAINS NY 10603 |
Fredric G Reynolds | director | PINTEREST, INC., 651 BRANNAN, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107 |
Vinzenz P. Gruber | officer: EVP and President, Europe | C/O MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL, INC., THREE PARKWAY NORTH, DEERFIELD IL 60015 |
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Michael Andrew Call | officer: VP, Corporate Controller & CAO | 905 WEST FULTON MARKET, SUITE 200, CHICAGO IL 60607 |
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