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Synsam AB (OSTO:SYNSAM) Interest Coverage : 3.87 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Synsam 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. Synsam AB's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was kr174 Mil. Synsam AB's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was kr-45 Mil. Synsam AB's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 3.87. 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. Synsam AB interest coverage is 2.07, which is low.

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

OSTO:SYNSAM' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.55   Med: 1.4   Max: 5.41
Current: 2.07


OSTO:SYNSAM's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
87.67% of 446 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 17.335 vs OSTO:SYNSAM: 2.07

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


Synsam AB Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Synsam 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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Synsam AB Interest Coverage Chart

Synsam AB Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.79 1.40 5.41 3.72 3.96

Synsam AB Quarterly Data
Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 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 3.35 1.73 1.30 3.72 3.87

Competitive Comparison of Synsam AB's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Synsam 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.


Synsam AB's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Synsam AB's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Synsam AB's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Synsam 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.

Synsam AB'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, Synsam AB's Interest Expense was kr-207 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr820 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr3,040 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*820/-207
=3.96

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Synsam AB's Interest Expense was kr-45 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr174 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr3,095 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*174/-45
=3.87

* 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.


Synsam AB  (OSTO:SYNSAM) 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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Synsam AB Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Sankt Eriksgatan 60, Stockholm, SWE, 112 34
Synsam AB is a lifestyle company in optics and eye health in the Nordic region. The company offers various products and services in physical and digital stores such as eye examinations, spectacles, sunglasses, sports spectacles, contact lenses, and accessories in optical retail as well as spectacles subscriptions and related services under the name Synsam Lifestyle. Its stores are operated under the Synsam brand in Sweden, Norway, and Finland and under the Profil Optik brand in Denmark and Iceland. The company comprises four segments: Sweden which generates key revenue, Denmark, Norway, and Finland.

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