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Philippine Seven (PHS:SEVN) Interest Coverage : 4.13 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Philippine Seven 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. Philippine Seven's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₱986 Mil. Philippine Seven's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₱-239 Mil. Philippine Seven's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 4.13. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

PHS:SEVN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.34   Med: 5.8   Max: 40.29
Current: 5.63


PHS:SEVN's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
60.31% of 257 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 8.49 vs PHS:SEVN: 5.63

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


Philippine Seven Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Philippine Seven'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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Philippine Seven Interest Coverage Chart

Philippine Seven Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.34 0.52 3.97 5.83 5.77

Philippine Seven Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 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 4.55 6.42 4.36 7.93 4.13

Competitive Comparison of Philippine Seven's Interest Coverage

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Philippine Seven'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.


Philippine Seven's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Philippine Seven's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Philippine Seven's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Philippine Seven 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.

Philippine Seven'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, Philippine Seven's Interest Expense was ₱-957 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₱5,517 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₱9,582 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*5516.623/-956.567
=5.77

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Philippine Seven's Interest Expense was ₱-239 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₱986 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₱9,901 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*986.427/-238.83
=4.13

* 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.


Philippine Seven  (PHS:SEVN) 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 .


Philippine Seven Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Philippine Seven Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Ortigas Avenue, 7th, 11th and 12th Floors, The Columbia Tower, Mandaluyong, PHL, 1550
Philippine Seven Corp and its subsidiaries are mainly involved in the business of retailing, merchandising, buying, selling, marketing, importing, and exporting all kinds of grocery items, dry goods, foodstuffs, beverages, drinks, and all kinds of consumer needs and in connection therewith, operating warehouses, storage, delivery vehicles, and similar facilities. It is also engaged in the management, development, sale, exchange, and holding of investments and real estate of all kinds. It has one segment which is Store operations segment.