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Kewpie (TSE:2809) Interest Coverage : 104.47 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Kewpie 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. Kewpie's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was 円8,149 Mil. Kewpie's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was 円-78 Mil. Kewpie's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 104.47. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Kewpie Corp has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

TSE:2809' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 50.11   Med: 89.94   Max: 116.07
Current: 71.55


TSE:2809's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
83.04% of 1386 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.54 vs TSE:2809: 71.55

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


Kewpie Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kewpie'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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Kewpie Interest Coverage Chart

Kewpie Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 109.01 83.99 116.07 99.74 50.11

Kewpie Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 15.77 52.43 65.60 70.59 104.47

Competitive Comparison of Kewpie's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Kewpie'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.


Kewpie's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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



Kewpie 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.

Kewpie's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023, Kewpie's Interest Expense was 円-393 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円19,694 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円14,591 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Nov. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Nov. 2023 )
=-1*19694/-393
=50.11

Kewpie's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2024, Kewpie's Interest Expense was 円-78 Mil. Its Operating Income was 円8,149 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円15,713 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*8149/-78
=104.47

* 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.


Kewpie  (TSE:2809) 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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Kewpie (TSE:2809) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4-13, Shibuya 1-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 150-0002
Kewpie Corp is a Japanese packaged-food company. Its business categories are condiments products, egg products, delicatessen products, processed foods, and fine chemical products. Through these business segments, the company offers dressing, vinegar, mayonnaise, liquid egg, frozen egg, rice balls, jams, pasta sauces, sweetcorn, baby food, and hyaluronic acid. The company has its own transportation and warehousing operations. Kewpie has operations in Japan and overseas in China, the United States, and Southeast Asia.

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