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Delota (XCNQ:NIC) Interest Coverage : 1.03 (As of Oct. 2024)


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What is Delota 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. Delota's Operating Income for the three months ended in Oct. 2024 was C$0.38 Mil. Delota's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Oct. 2024 was C$-0.37 Mil. Delota's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was 1.03. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Delota Corps earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

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

XCNQ:NIC' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.38   Med: No Debt   Max: No Debt
Current: 0.95


XCNQ:NIC's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
92.58% of 418 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 8.23 vs XCNQ:NIC: 0.95

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


Delota Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Delota'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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Delota Interest Coverage Chart

Delota Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Interest Coverage
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Delota Quarterly Data
Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24
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 - 1.57 0.31 0.89 1.03

Competitive Comparison of Delota's Interest Coverage

For the Pharmaceutical Retailers subindustry, Delota'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.


Delota's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Delota's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Delota 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.

Delota's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024, Delota's Interest Expense was C$-1.06 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$0.40 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$4.25 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*0.402/-1.059
=0.38

Delota's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Oct. 2024, Delota's Interest Expense was C$-0.37 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$0.38 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$4.16 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Oct. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Oct. 2024 )
=-1*0.379/-0.369
=1.03

* 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.


Delota  (XCNQ:NIC) 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 .


Delota Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Delota Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7941 Jane Street, Unit 2, Concord, ON, CAN, L4K 2M7
Delota Corp is a cannabis and nicotine retailer. The company is engaged in developing retail cannabis and nicotine brands in Canada by growing its retail footprint and developing retail banners. The Company's flagship brand, one hundred eighty Smoke Vape Store, stands as Ontario's omni channel specialty vape retailer, fueling innovation, growth, and leadership in the nicotine vape and alternative tobacco sector. The Company operates twenty nine brick-and-mortar specialty vape stores in Ontario under the one hundred eighty Smoke Vape Store brand, a dominant national e-commerce platform and three licensed dispensaries in Ontario under the Offside Cannabis brand.