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Salada Foods Jamaica (XJAM:SALF) Interest Coverage : 26.46 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Salada Foods Jamaica 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. Salada Foods Jamaica's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was JMD26 Mil. Salada Foods Jamaica's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was JMD-1 Mil. Salada Foods Jamaica's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 26.46. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Salada Foods Jamaica Ltd has no debt.

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

XJAM:SALF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 16.94   Med: 178.99   Max: 1075.03
Current: 232.15


XJAM:SALF's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
89.63% of 1476 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.4 vs XJAM:SALF: 232.15

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


Salada Foods Jamaica Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Salada Foods Jamaica'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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Salada Foods Jamaica Interest Coverage Chart

Salada Foods Jamaica Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Interest Coverage
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Salada Foods Jamaica Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 126.76 No Debt No Debt No Debt 26.46

Competitive Comparison of Salada Foods Jamaica's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Salada Foods Jamaica'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.


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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Salada Foods Jamaica's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Salada Foods Jamaica 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.

Salada Foods Jamaica'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, Salada Foods Jamaica's Interest Expense was JMD-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was JMD226 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was JMD0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*226.107/-0.974
=232.14

Salada Foods Jamaica's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Salada Foods Jamaica's Interest Expense was JMD-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was JMD26 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was JMD0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*25.772/-0.974
=26.46

* 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.


Salada Foods Jamaica  (XJAM:SALF) 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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Salada Foods Jamaica Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
20 Bell Road, P.O. Box 71, Kingston, JAM, 11
Salada Foods Jamaica Ltd is engaged in the manufacture and sale of instant coffee and roasted and ground coffee beans and other consumer products. Its products include Jamaica Mountain Peak an Instant Coffee prepared from freshly roasted and ground Arabica Beans from which the solubles are extracted and spray-driedIt has two geographic segments Local and Export, and the majority of the revenue comes from the Local.

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