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Finning International (TSX:FTT) Interest Coverage : 4.50 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Finning International 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. Finning International's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was C$189 Mil. Finning International's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was C$-42 Mil. Finning International's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 4.50. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

TSX:FTT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.76   Med: 5.91   Max: 9.33
Current: 5.09


TSX:FTT's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
62.02% of 129 companies
in the Industrial Distribution industry
Industry Median: 7.52 vs TSX:FTT: 5.09

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


Finning International Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Finning International'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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Finning International Interest Coverage Chart

Finning International Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Finning International Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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Competitive Comparison of Finning International's Interest Coverage

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Finning International'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.


Finning International's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, Finning International's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Finning International 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.

Finning International's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Finning International's Interest Expense was C$-151 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$933 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$1,184 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*933/-151
=6.18

Finning International's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Finning International's Interest Expense was C$-42 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$189 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$1,638 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*189/-42
=4.50

* 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.


Finning International  (TSX:FTT) 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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Finning International Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
19100 94th Avenue, Surrey, BC, CAN, V4N 5C3
Finning International Inc is a dealer and distributor of heavy-duty machinery and parts of the Caterpillar brand. The company sells and rents Caterpillar machinery to the mining, construction, petroleum, forestry, and power system application industries. Finning International further provides parts and services for equipment and engines to its customers via its owned distribution network and buys and sells used equipment domestically and internationally after reconditioning or rebuilding the machinery. The company operates in Canada, South America, UK and Ireland, and others.
Executives
Mark Stephen Hogg Senior Officer
Harold N. Kvisle Director
Sebastian Tomas Guridi Senior Officer
David Francis Neil Primrose Senior Officer
Tant Michael Boothman Senior Officer
Cheryl Lynn Gray Senior Officer
Juan Pablo Amar Senior Officer
Kevin Parkes Senior Officer
Gregory Palaschuk Senior Officer
Heather Jane Murdoch Senior Officer
Kimberly Sunshine Saldanha Senior Officer
Christopher William Patterson Director
Anna Pia Marks Senior Officer
Kieran Colquhoun Holm Senior Officer
Tim Arne Ferwerda Senior Officer

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