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Guinness Nigeria (NSA:GUIN) Interest Coverage : 0.75 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Guinness Nigeria 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. Guinness Nigeria's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₦17,966 Mil. Guinness Nigeria's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₦-24,013 Mil. Guinness Nigeria's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.75. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NSA:GUIN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.15   Med: 3.79   Max: 25.63
Current: 0.46


NSA:GUIN's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
97.52% of 161 companies
in the Beverages - Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 10.28 vs NSA:GUIN: 0.46

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


Guinness Nigeria Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guinness Nigeria'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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Guinness Nigeria Interest Coverage Chart

Guinness Nigeria Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Interest Coverage
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Guinness Nigeria Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Dec24 Mar25
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 0.38 0.08 2.36 0.30 0.75

Competitive Comparison of Guinness Nigeria's Interest Coverage

For the Beverages - Brewers subindustry, Guinness Nigeria'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.


Guinness Nigeria's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Beverages - Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Guinness Nigeria's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guinness Nigeria's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Guinness Nigeria 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.

Guinness Nigeria's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024, Guinness Nigeria's Interest Expense was ₦-8,569 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₦23,583 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₦135 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*23583.477/-8568.864
=2.75

Guinness Nigeria's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Guinness Nigeria's Interest Expense was ₦-24,013 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₦17,966 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₦130 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*17965.689/-24013.022
=0.75

* 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.


Guinness Nigeria  (NSA:GUIN) 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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Guinness Nigeria Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Cocoa Industries Road, Ikeja, Lagos, Ikeja, Lagos, NGA, 21071
Guinness Nigeria PLC is a beverage manufacturing company. The company is engaged in brewing, packaging, marketing and selling of various beverage brand including Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, Guinness Extra Smooth, Malta Guinness, Malta Guinness Low Sugar, Harp Lager, Smirnoff Ice, Satazenbrau Lager, Snapp, Orijin Spirit Mixed Drink, Orijin Bitters, and many more. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Nigeria.

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