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Nilsson Special Vehicles AB (OSTO:NILS) Interest Coverage : 1.55 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Nilsson Special Vehicles AB 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. Nilsson Special Vehicles AB's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr0.7 Mil. Nilsson Special Vehicles AB's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr-0.4 Mil. Nilsson Special Vehicles AB's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.55. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Nilsson Special Vehicles AB's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

OSTO:NILS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.15   Med: 10.65   Max: 41.47
Current: 2.49


OSTO:NILS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
78.27% of 1040 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 7.745 vs OSTO:NILS: 2.49

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


Nilsson Special Vehicles AB Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nilsson Special Vehicles AB'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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Nilsson Special Vehicles AB Interest Coverage Chart

Nilsson Special Vehicles AB Annual Data
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Nilsson Special Vehicles AB Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Nilsson Special Vehicles AB's Interest Coverage

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Nilsson Special Vehicles AB'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.


Nilsson Special Vehicles AB's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Nilsson Special Vehicles AB's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nilsson Special Vehicles AB's Interest Coverage falls into.



Nilsson Special Vehicles AB 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.

Nilsson Special Vehicles AB'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, Nilsson Special Vehicles AB's Interest Expense was kr-1.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr-2.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr0.0 Mil.

Nilsson Special Vehicles AB did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Nilsson Special Vehicles AB's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Nilsson Special Vehicles AB's Interest Expense was kr-0.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr0.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr0.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*0.666/-0.431
=1.55

* 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.


Nilsson Special Vehicles AB  (OSTO:NILS) 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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Nilsson Special Vehicles AB (OSTO:NILS) Business Description

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Address
Tegelbruksvagen 17, Laholm, SWE, 312 32
Nilsson Special Vehicles AB is a Sweden based speciality car company. It produces and sells ambulances, funeral cars, and limousines. The company's customers are mainly in Europe, where the largest markets are Scandinavia and England.

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