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Omani Euro Food Industries (MUS:OEFI) Interest Coverage : 0.66 (As of Mar. 2018)


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What is Omani Euro Food Industries 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. Omani Euro Food Industries's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2018 was ر.ع0.02 Mil. Omani Euro Food Industries's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2018 was ر.ع-0.03 Mil. Omani Euro Food Industries's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was 0.66. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Omani Euro Food Industries's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


MUS:OEFI's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 8.56
* 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.


Omani Euro Food Industries Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Omani Euro Food Industries'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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Omani Euro Food Industries Interest Coverage Chart

Omani Euro Food Industries Annual Data
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Omani Euro Food Industries Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Omani Euro Food Industries's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Omani Euro Food Industries'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.


Omani Euro Food Industries's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Omani Euro Food Industries's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Omani Euro Food Industries's Interest Coverage falls into.



Omani Euro Food Industries 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.

Omani Euro Food Industries's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017, Omani Euro Food Industries's Interest Expense was ر.ع-0.11 Mil. Its Operating Income was ر.ع0.03 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ر.ع1.70 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2017 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2017 )
=-1*0.025/-0.113
=0.22

Omani Euro Food Industries's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2018, Omani Euro Food Industries's Interest Expense was ر.ع-0.03 Mil. Its Operating Income was ر.ع0.02 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ر.ع2.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2018 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2018 )
=-1*0.019/-0.029
=0.66

* 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.


Omani Euro Food Industries  (MUS:OEFI) 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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Omani Euro Food Industries (MUS:OEFI) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Jawharat Al Shatti, P.O. Box 23, Sultanate of Oman, OMN, 134
Omani Euro Food Industries is a health food manufacturing company in Oman. It is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of baby foods and related products. The company offers a range of baby food and nutritional food under the brand name of Mother's Choice. It is also involved in the contract manufacturing of baby cereals, biscuits, rusks and health drink powder for other food brands. Its products are exported to many countries in Gulf Cooperation Council, Africa, and Asia.

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