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Sanlam Kenya (NAI:SLAM) Interest Coverage : 0.81 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Sanlam Kenya 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 EBIT by its Interest Expense. Sanlam Kenya's EBIT for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was KES227 Mil. Sanlam Kenya's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was KES-281 Mil. Sanlam Kenya's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 0.81. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Sanlam Kenya PLC interest coverage is 1.31, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sanlam Kenya's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

NAI:SLAM' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.13   Med: 0.8   Max: 2.2
Current: 1.31


NAI:SLAM's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
92.42% of 330 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 14.46 vs NAI:SLAM: 1.31

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


Sanlam Kenya Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sanlam Kenya'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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Sanlam Kenya Interest Coverage Chart

Sanlam Kenya Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 2.20 - 0.20 1.71

Sanlam Kenya Semi-Annual Data
Dec11 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
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 0.21 0.20 1.50 1.91 0.81

Competitive Comparison of Sanlam Kenya's Interest Coverage

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Sanlam Kenya'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.


Sanlam Kenya's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Sanlam Kenya's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sanlam Kenya 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 EBIT is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and EBIT 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.

Sanlam Kenya's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, Sanlam Kenya's Interest Expense was KES-459 Mil. Its EBIT was KES787 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was KES4,168 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*786.767/-459.022
=1.71

Sanlam Kenya's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2023, Sanlam Kenya's Interest Expense was KES-281 Mil. Its EBIT was KES227 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was KES4,331 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (Q: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*226.571/-281.307
=0.81

* 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.


Sanlam Kenya  (NAI:SLAM) 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 .


Sanlam Kenya Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Sanlam Kenya (NAI:SLAM) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Sanlam Tower, Waiyaki Way, P.O Box 44041, Westlands, Nairobi, KEN, 00100
Sanlam Kenya PLC is engaged in the underwriting of all classes of long-term and short-term insurance businesses through its subsidiaries. The reporting business segments of the company are the Ordinary life insurance segment offers individual life insurance products; the Superannuation segment deals with group insurance schemes; the General insurance segment offers general insurance products, and the Investments segment provides investment management services. The company generates all its revenue from Kenya.