Monsanto Co (XSWX:MOO) Interest Coverage : 18.29 (As of Feb. 2018)

Monsanto Co Interest Coverage Chart

Monsanto Co Annual Data
	Trend	Aug08	Aug09	Aug10	Aug11	Aug12	Aug13	Aug14	Aug15	Aug16	Aug17
Interest Coverage		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					20.76	16.43	9.04	6.13	7.44

Monsanto Co Quarterly Data
	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15	May15	Aug15	Nov15	Feb16	May16	Aug16	Nov16	Feb17	May17	Aug17	Nov17	Feb18
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															18.76	11.80	-	2.15	18.29

Competitive Comparison of Monsanto Co's Interest Coverage

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Monsanto Co'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.

Monsanto Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Monsanto Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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

Monsanto Co 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

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

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

Monsanto Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2017 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2017, Monsanto Co's Interest Expense was CHF-436 Mil. Its Operating Income was CHF3,244 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was CHF7,002 Mil.

Monsanto Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2018 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2018, Monsanto Co's Interest Expense was CHF-98 Mil. Its Operating Income was CHF1,796 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was CHF6,207 Mil.

* 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.

Monsanto Co  (XSWX:MOO) 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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