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Life Insurance Nepal (XNEP:LICN) Interest Coverage : 1.10 (As of Apr. 2024)


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What is Life Insurance Nepal 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 EBIT by its Interest Expense. Life Insurance Nepal's EBIT for the three months ended in Apr. 2024 was NPR635 Mil. Life Insurance Nepal's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Apr. 2024 was NPR-577 Mil. Life Insurance Nepal's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 was 1.10. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

XNEP:LICN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.76   Med: 391.85   Max: No Debt
Current: 0.76


XNEP:LICN's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
97.29% of 332 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 14.555 vs XNEP:LICN: 0.76

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


Life Insurance Nepal Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Life Insurance Nepal'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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Life Insurance Nepal Interest Coverage Chart

Life Insurance Nepal Annual Data
Trend Jul11 Jul12 Jul13 Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.82 391.85 - 3.27 3.46

Life Insurance Nepal Quarterly Data
Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24
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 - 0.97 - 1.12 1.10

Competitive Comparison of Life Insurance Nepal's Interest Coverage

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Life Insurance Nepal'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.


Life Insurance Nepal's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Life Insurance Nepal's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Life Insurance Nepal's Interest Coverage falls into.



Life Insurance Nepal 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 EBIT is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and EBIT 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.

Life Insurance Nepal's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2020 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2020, Life Insurance Nepal's Interest Expense was NPR-4,426 Mil. Its EBIT was NPR15,332 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NPR0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (A: Jul. 2020 )/Interest Expense (A: Jul. 2020 )
=-1*15331.936/-4426.105
=3.46

Life Insurance Nepal's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Apr. 2024, Life Insurance Nepal's Interest Expense was NPR-577 Mil. Its EBIT was NPR635 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NPR0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (Q: Apr. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Apr. 2024 )
=-1*635.249/-577.204
=1.10

* 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.


Life Insurance Nepal  (XNEP:LICN) 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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Life Insurance Nepal (XNEP:LICN) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Star Mall, PO Box No 21905, 4th Floor, Putalisadak, Kathmandu, NPL
Life Insurance Corp Nepal Ltd is operative in the field of financial services. A joint venture between Life Insurance Corporation of India and Vishal Group of Nepal, it is one of the largest capitalized insurance companies in Nepal. It offers a range of life insurance products such as endowment plans, child plans, money back plans, and services like a revival of a lapsed policy, policy loans, nominations, and bonuses to policyholders. The company's major source of revenue is through insurance premiums, which are received either by direct remittance of cheque or bank draft.