Astral Foods (STU:A9U) Interest Coverage : 7.66 (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Astral Foods 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. Astral Foods's Operating Income for the six months ended in Mar. 2025 was €11 Mil. Astral Foods's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Mar. 2025 was €-1 Mil. Astral Foods's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 7.66. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

STU:A9U' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.04 Med: 31.12 Max: 186.88
Current: 7.55

STU:A9U's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
52.44% of 1474 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.335 vs STU:A9U: 7.55

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

Astral Foods Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Astral Foods'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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Astral Foods Interest Coverage Chart

Astral Foods Annual Data

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9.22

11.51

31.12

6.04

Astral Foods Semi-Annual Data
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Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.14	-	5.25	7.49	7.66

Competitive Comparison of Astral Foods's Interest Coverage

For the Farm Products subindustry, Astral Foods'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.

Astral Foods's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Astral Foods's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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Astral Foods 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.

Astral Foods's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024, Astral Foods's Interest Expense was €-7 Mil. Its Operating Income was €43 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €6 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (A: Sep. 2024 )	/	Interest Expense (A: Sep. 2024 )
	=	-1	*	43.38	/	-7.185
	=	6.04

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

Here, for the six months ended in Mar. 2025, Astral Foods's Interest Expense was €-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was €11 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €9 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
	=	-1	*	11.363	/	-1.483
	=	7.66

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

Astral Foods (STU:A9U) 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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Address

13 Thunderbolt Lane, Lanseria Corporate Estate, Lanseria Ext 26, Lanseria, GT, ZAF, 1748

Website

https://www.astralfoods.com

Astral Foods Ltd is an integrated poultry producer operating under several brands. It supplies different poultry needs in Africa. The activities are divided into two operating segments. The poultry segment comprises the sale of poultry-related products for human consumption as well as day-old broilers, hatching eggs and day-old parent stock. The Feed segment comprises the sale of a wide range of specialized feed products for commercially farmed animal species. The majority of revenue is generated from the poultry segment. The company has multiple processing facilities to get the poultry to ready-to-eat form and manufacture vitamin and mineral feed additives.

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