Compania Chilena de Fosforos (XSGO:FOSFOROS) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Compania Chilena de Fosforos 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. Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was CLP-865 Mil. Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was CLP-530 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. 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. Compania Chilena de Fosforos SAs 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 Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

XSGO:FOSFOROS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.75 Med: 8.94 Max: 27.32
Current: 0.88

XSGO:FOSFOROS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
87.25% of 204 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 4.46 vs XSGO:FOSFOROS: 0.88

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

Compania Chilena de Fosforos Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Compania Chilena de Fosforos'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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Compania Chilena de Fosforos Interest Coverage Chart

Compania Chilena de Fosforos Annual Data

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8.72

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1.83

0.75

1.18

Compania Chilena de Fosforos Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Coverage

For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, Compania Chilena de Fosforos'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.

Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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Compania Chilena de Fosforos 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.

Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Expense was CLP-1,916 Mil. Its Operating Income was CLP2,267 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was CLP6,329 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )	/	Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
	=	-1	*	2266.677	/	-1915.732
	=	1.18

Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Expense was CLP-530 Mil. Its Operating Income was CLP-865 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was CLP4,619 Mil.

Compania Chilena de Fosforos did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

Compania Chilena de Fosforos (XSGO:FOSFOROS) 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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Compania Chilena de Fosforos Business Description

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Address

Avenida Los Conquistadores No. 1700, 15th Floor, Providencia, Santiago, CHL

Website

https://www.fosforos.cl

Compania Chilena de Fosforos SA manufactures and trades safety matches and various other microwood products. Its product offerings include splints, matches, ice cream sticks, chopsticks, and paint palettes among others. It is also involved in agriculture, and fruit plantations by producing and marketing fruits such as blueberries, apples, wine grapes, and cherries. The company's operating segments are; Products associated with ignition, Agricultural activity, and Wood products. Maximum revenue is derived from the Products associated with ignition segment which includes the sale of household matches. Geographically, a majority of the firm's revenue is generated through the export of its products to markets like the United States, Peru, Brazil, Fiji, Japan, Europe, China, and others.

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