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Bright Scholar Education Holdings (Bright Scholar Education Holdings) Interest Coverage : 6.12 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Bright Scholar Education Holdings 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. Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $2.4 Mil. Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-0.4 Mil. Bright Scholar Education Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 6.12. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

BEDU' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.91   Med: No Debt   Max: No Debt
Current: 22.99


BEDU's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
57.92% of 183 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 15.45 vs BEDU: 22.99

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


Bright Scholar Education Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bright Scholar Education Holdings'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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Bright Scholar Education Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Bright Scholar Education Holdings Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Interest Coverage
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Bright Scholar Education Holdings Quarterly Data
Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 - 25.88 - N/A 6.12

Competitive Comparison of Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Bright Scholar Education Holdings'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.


Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



Bright Scholar Education Holdings 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.

Bright Scholar Education Holdings'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, Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Interest Expense was $-1.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $5.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $210.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Aug. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Aug. 2023 )
=-1*4.993/-1.016
=4.91

Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2024, Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Interest Expense was $-0.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $203.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*2.399/-0.392
=6.12

* 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.


Bright Scholar Education Holdings  (NYSE:BEDU) 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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Bright Scholar Education Holdings (Bright Scholar Education Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 1, Country Garden Road, Beijiao Town, Shunde District, Guangdong Province, Foshan, CHN, 528300
Bright Scholar Education Holdings Ltd operates as an education service provider. The company offers overseas schools, complementary education services, and domestic kindergartens and K12 operation services. The group's overseas K12 education has several K12 schools, art colleges, language training institutions, and summer schools around the world. The complimentary education services segment of the company predominantly includes camp programs, after-school programs, through a network of learning centers in China, as well as international education consulting services. Geographically, the company operates in China which is the key revenue generating market, Canada, United States, and United Kingdom.