Associated British Foods (Associated British Foods) Interest Coverage : 14.19 (As of Feb. 2024)

Associated British Foods Interest Coverage Chart

Associated British Foods Annual Data
	Trend	Aug14	Aug15	Aug16	Aug17	Aug18	Aug19	Aug20	Aug21	Aug22	Aug23
Interest Coverage		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					9.03	4.37	4.87	6.89	5.36

Associated British Foods Semi-Annual Data
	Aug14	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23	Feb24
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															12.90	4.65	10.36	3.82	14.19

Competitive Comparison of Associated British Foods's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Associated British Foods'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.

Associated British Foods's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Associated British Foods's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Associated British Foods's Interest Coverage falls into.

Associated British Foods 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.

Associated British Foods's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023, Associated British Foods's Interest Expense was $-318 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,703 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,090 Mil.

Associated British Foods's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Feb. 2024, Associated British Foods's Interest Expense was $-78 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,111 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,105 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.

Associated British Foods  (OTCPK:ASBFF) 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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