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Discount Investment (XTAE:DISI) Interest Coverage : 1.84 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Discount Investment 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. Discount Investment's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was ₪153.0 Mil. Discount Investment's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was ₪-83.0 Mil. Discount Investment's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 1.84. 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. Discount Investment Corp Ltd interest coverage is 1.08, which is low.

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

XTAE:DISI' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04   Med: 0.97   Max: 1.11
Current: 1.08


XTAE:DISI's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
86.05% of 294 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 4.97 vs XTAE:DISI: 1.08

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


Discount Investment Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Discount Investment'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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Discount Investment Interest Coverage Chart

Discount Investment Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 1.11 1.11 1.08

Discount Investment Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 1.60 2.07 0.71 0.66 1.84

Competitive Comparison of Discount Investment's Interest Coverage

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Discount Investment'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.


Discount Investment's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Discount Investment's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Discount Investment 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.

Discount Investment'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, Discount Investment's Interest Expense was ₪-631.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₪683.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₪10,419.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*683/-631
=1.08

Discount Investment's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2024, Discount Investment's Interest Expense was ₪-83.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₪153.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₪10,419.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*153/-83
=1.84

* 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.


Discount Investment  (XTAE:DISI) 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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Discount Investment Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
3 Azrieli Center, 44th Floor, Triangle Tower, Tel Aviv, ISR, 6702301
Discount Investment Corp Ltd is an Israel-based holding company. The company's main line of business is to invest in other enterprises in a variety of sectors. Its portfolio comprises of domestic and foreign companies which are well established or have a strong growth potential. Discount's investment areas include cellular communications, advanced technologies, retail and food, real estate and construction. It basically invests across three main segments, which are Cellcom, Shufersal and Property and Building Corporation. Shufersal is a retail chains in Israel,cellcom is a cellular operators in the country.

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