High Quality Food SpA (MIL:HQF) Interest Coverage : 3.61 (As of Jun. 2024)

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What is High Quality Food SpA 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. High Quality Food SpA's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was €0.91 Mil. High Quality Food SpA's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was €-0.25 Mil. High Quality Food SpA's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 3.61. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for High Quality Food SpA's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

MIL:HQF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.58 Med: 2.85 Max: 2.87
Current: 1.58

MIL:HQF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
87.98% of 258 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 8.62 vs MIL:HQF: 1.58

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

High Quality Food SpA Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for High Quality Food SpA'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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High Quality Food SpA Interest Coverage Chart

High Quality Food SpA Annual Data

Trend

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Dec24

Interest Coverage

2.83

2.87

1.58

High Quality Food SpA Semi-Annual Data
	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23	Jun24	Dec24
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial			2.57	3.00	2.78	3.61	-

Competitive Comparison of High Quality Food SpA's Interest Coverage

For the Food Distribution subindustry, High Quality Food SpA'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.

High Quality Food SpA's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, High Quality Food SpA's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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High Quality Food SpA 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.

High Quality Food SpA's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, High Quality Food SpA's Interest Expense was €-0.50 Mil. Its Operating Income was €1.45 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €4.36 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )	/	Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	-1	*	1.446	/	-0.503
	=	2.87

High Quality Food SpA's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2024, High Quality Food SpA's Interest Expense was €-0.25 Mil. Its Operating Income was €0.91 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €4.10 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2024 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2024 )
	=	-1	*	0.909	/	-0.252
	=	3.61

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

High Quality Food SpA (MIL:HQF) 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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High Quality Food SpA Business Description

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Address

Via di Pietralata, 179, Rome, ITA, 00158

Website

https://www.hqf.it

High Quality Food SpA specializes in producing and marketing food products mainly for the hotel and restaurant sectors. It offers meats, charcuterie products, cheese products, fish and seafood products, fresh fruits and vegetables, bakery products, pasta, rice and cereals, oil, sauces and condiments, canned and tinned products, etc. The company also sells accessories for the catering industry such as vacuum packing, bamboo skewers, packaging, etc. Geographically, the company derives a majority of its revenue from Italy and the rest from other parts of Europe, and other countries.

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