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Assa Abloy AB (Assa Abloy AB) Interest Coverage

: 7.58 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Assa Abloy AB's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $646 Mil. Assa Abloy AB's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-85 Mil. Assa Abloy AB's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.58. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Assa Abloy AB's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

ASAZY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.38   Med: 16   Max: 22.67
Current: 8.38


ASAZY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
59.06% of 789 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.4 vs ASAZY: 8.38

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


Assa Abloy AB Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Assa Abloy AB'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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Assa Abloy AB Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.33 14.37 22.67 20.72 8.51

Assa Abloy AB Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.43 11.54 12.31 6.01 7.58

Competitive Comparison

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Assa Abloy AB'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.


Assa Abloy AB Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Assa Abloy AB's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Assa Abloy AB's Interest Coverage falls into.



Assa Abloy AB 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.

Assa Abloy AB's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Assa Abloy AB's Interest Expense was $-246 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2,093 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,256 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2093.082/-246.061
=8.51

Assa Abloy AB's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Assa Abloy AB's Interest Expense was $-85 Mil. Its Operating Income was $646 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,256 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*645.57/-85.205
=7.58

* 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.


Assa Abloy AB  (OTCPK:ASAZY) 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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Assa Abloy AB (Assa Abloy AB) Business Description

Address
Klarabergsviadukten 90, P.O. Box 70340, Stockholm, SWE, SE-107 23
Assa Abloy is the world's largest supplier of locking and physical access solutions, sporting the world's largest installed base of locks that protect some of the most security-sensitive buildings, such as the European Parliament in Brussels. Three quarters of its revenue comes from government, commercial, and other nonresidential customers. The company's product base is centred on electromechanical locks, which require identification to unlock with a keycard, biometric scan, or personal identification number. Assa Abloy's products are sold directly to security systems integrators, locksmiths, hardware stores, and original equipment manufacturers.

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