Hikari Food Service Co (TSE:138A) Interest Coverage: N/A (As of May. 2026)

Hikari Food Service Co  (TSE:138A) 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 .

Hikari Food Service Co Interest Coverage Related Terms

The historical data trend for Hikari Food Service Co'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.

Hikari Food Service Co Interest Coverage Chart

Hikari Food Service Co Quarterly Data
	Nov21	Nov22	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24	May24	Nov24	Feb25	May25	Aug25	Nov25	Feb26	May26
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial								41.39	16.56	19.07	35.07	N/A

TSE:138A vs MCD, SBUX, YUM: Interest Coverage Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Hikari Food Service Co'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.

Hikari Food Service Co Interest Coverage vs Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Hikari Food Service Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hikari Food Service Co's Interest Coverage falls into.

Hikari Food Service Co 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

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

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

Hikari Food Service Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2025, Hikari Food Service Co's Interest Expense was 円-9 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円226 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円624 Mil.

Hikari Food Service Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in May. 2026 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in May. 2026, Hikari Food Service Co's Interest Expense was 円0 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円709 Mil.

* 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.

Hikari Food Service Co Business Description