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Birks Group (Birks Group) Interest Coverage : 0.15 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Birks Group 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. Birks Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.4 Mil. Birks Group's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-2.5 Mil. Birks Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.15. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


BGI's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 7.87
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Birks Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Birks Group'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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Birks Group Interest Coverage Chart

Birks Group Annual Data
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Birks Group Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Birks Group's Interest Coverage

For the Luxury Goods subindustry, Birks Group'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.


Birks Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Birks Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Birks Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Birks Group 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.

Birks Group'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, Birks Group's Interest Expense was $-4.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-2.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $62.2 Mil.

Birks Group did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Birks Group's Interest Expense was $-2.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $61.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*0.366/-2.476
=0.15

* 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.


Birks Group  (AMEX:BGI) 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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Birks Group (Birks Group) Business Description

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2020 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard, Suite 200, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3A 2A5
Birks Group Inc is a part of the leisure industry. The company designs, develops, produces, and retails fine jewelry, timepieces, and gifts. Its operating segment includes Retail and other. The company generates maximum revenue from the Retail segment. Its retail segment consists of retail operations whereby it operates approximately 21 stores in Canada under the Maison Birks brand, one store under the Brinkhaus brand, one store under the Graff brand, and one store under the Patek Phillippe brand. The other segment consists mainly of wholesale business, e-commerce business, and gold exchange business.

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