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Seed Co (XZIM:SEED.ZW) Interest Coverage : 0.03 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Seed Co 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. Seed Co's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was ZWL330 Mil. Seed Co's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was ZWL-9,770 Mil. Seed Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.03. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

XZIM:SEED.ZW' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.16   Med: 10.05   Max: 30.18
Current: 1.07


XZIM:SEED.ZW's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
92.53% of 174 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 6.63 vs XZIM:SEED.ZW: 1.07

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


Seed Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Seed Co'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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Seed Co Interest Coverage Chart

Seed Co Annual Data
Trend Mar09 Mar11 Mar12 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 27.42 15.44 6.36 0.16 -

Seed Co Semi-Annual Data
Mar09 Mar11 Sep11 Mar12 Sep12 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 - 1.33 - - 0.03

Competitive Comparison of Seed Co's Interest Coverage

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Seed 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.


Seed Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

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

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



Seed 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

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.

Seed Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Seed Co's Interest Expense was ZWL-11,147 Mil. Its Operating Income was ZWL-913 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ZWL8,453 Mil.

Seed Co did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Seed Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Seed Co's Interest Expense was ZWL-9,770 Mil. Its Operating Income was ZWL330 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ZWL133,260 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*330/-9770
=0.03

* 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.


Seed Co  (XZIM:SEED.ZW) 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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Seed Co (XZIM:SEED.ZW) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Shamwari Road, Stapleford, Westgate, P.O. Box WGT 64, Harare, ZWE
Seed Co Ltd is engaged in the business of processing agricultural seeds. The company is involved in the breeding, multiplication, and distribution of mainly hybrid seed varieties for crops such as maize, wheat, soya beans, sugar beans, cowpeas, sorghum, groundnuts, and vegetables. It generates maximum revenue from the maize crop.

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