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Bewi ASA (OSL:BEWI) Interest Coverage : 0.08 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Bewi ASA 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. Bewi ASA's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was kr11 Mil. Bewi ASA's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was kr-136 Mil. Bewi ASA's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.08. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

OSL:BEWI' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.17   Med: 2.29   Max: 4.9
Current: 0.51


OSL:BEWI's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
95.95% of 321 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 5.78 vs OSL:BEWI: 0.51

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


Bewi ASA Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bewi ASA'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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Bewi ASA Interest Coverage Chart

Bewi ASA Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 3.11 4.90 2.72 0.22 0.17

Bewi ASA Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 0.05 0.39 1.21 0.38 0.08

Competitive Comparison of Bewi ASA's Interest Coverage

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Bewi ASA'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.


Bewi ASA's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Bewi ASA's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bewi ASA's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Bewi ASA 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.

Bewi ASA'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, Bewi ASA's Interest Expense was kr-552 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr92 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr6,360 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*91.643/-552.208
=0.17

Bewi ASA's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2024, Bewi ASA's Interest Expense was kr-136 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr11 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr6,360 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*10.574/-136.29
=0.08

* 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.


Bewi ASA  (OSL:BEWI) 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 .


Bewi ASA Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Bewi ASA Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Dyre Halses gate 1A, Trondheim, NOR, 7042
Bewi ASA is an international provider of packaging, components, and insulation solutions. The group operates through four segments, including the production of raw materials in the upstream segment RAW, manufacturing of end products and solutions in the downstream segments Insulation & Construction, and Packaging & Components, and collection and recycling of used products in the Circular segment. Maximum revenue is generated from the Insulation & Consultation segment, which supplies products and solutions for insulation in housing construction and civil engineering, including sandwich panels, cellular plastics, extruded polystyrene (XPS) boards, plasterboards, expanded polystyrene (EPS) drainage boards, and others. Geographically, the company generates maximum revenue from Norway.

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