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Collins Foods (ASX:CKF) Interest Coverage : 0.64 (As of Oct. 2023)


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What is Collins Foods 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. Collins Foods's Operating Income for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was A$12 Mil. Collins Foods's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was A$-18 Mil. Collins Foods's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was 0.64. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


ASX:CKF's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Restaurants industry.
Industry Median: 6.835
* 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.


Collins Foods Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Collins Foods'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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Collins Foods Interest Coverage Chart

Collins Foods Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.71 1.06 0.20 0.39 -

Collins Foods Semi-Annual Data
Apr14 Oct14 Apr15 Oct15 Apr16 Oct16 Apr17 Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23
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 2.19 - - - 0.64

Competitive Comparison of Collins Foods's Interest Coverage

For the Restaurants subindustry, Collins 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.


Collins Foods's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Collins Foods's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Collins 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

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.

Collins Foods's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023, Collins Foods's Interest Expense was A$-33 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$-56 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$799 Mil.

Collins Foods did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Collins Foods's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Oct. 2023, Collins Foods's Interest Expense was A$-18 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$12 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$787 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Oct. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Oct. 2023 )
=-1*11.613/-18.017
=0.64

* 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.


Collins Foods  (ASX:CKF) 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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Collins Foods (ASX:CKF) Business Description

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Address
485 Kingsford Smith Drive, Level 3, KSD1, Hamilton, QLD, AUS, 4007
Collins Foods is an operator of quick service restaurants, or QSRs. It franchises restaurant brands from U.S.-listed Yum Brands, including KFC in Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands, as well as Taco Bell in Australia. Most of its revenue and earnings are generated in Australia, where Collins is the largest franchisee of KFC, ahead of Restaurant Brands New Zealand.In the Netherlands, Collins has signed a corporate franchise agreement, giving it more control over development and oversight of the Dutch franchisee network.Earnings growth is underpinned by its store network expansion, both new restaurants and acquisitions of existing sites. Competitive pricing is key to maintaining share in the QSR market, and the company has generally increased at or below consumer price index growth.

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