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Klabin (BSP:KLBN3) Interest Coverage : 1.16 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Klabin 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. Klabin's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was R$954 Mil. Klabin's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was R$-824 Mil. Klabin's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.16. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Klabin SA interest coverage is 1.43, which is low.

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

BSP:KLBN3' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.24   Med: 2.03   Max: 5.76
Current: 1.43


BSP:KLBN3's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
75.12% of 205 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 5.2 vs BSP:KLBN3: 1.43

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


Klabin Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Klabin'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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Klabin Interest Coverage Chart

Klabin Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.05 4.61 5.76 2.00 1.45

Klabin Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 1.36 1.26 1.61 1.70 1.16

Competitive Comparison of Klabin's Interest Coverage

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Klabin'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.


Klabin's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Klabin's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Klabin 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.

Klabin's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Klabin's Interest Expense was R$-3,167 Mil. Its Operating Income was R$4,608 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$39,436 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*4608.193/-3167.441
=1.45

Klabin's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Klabin's Interest Expense was R$-824 Mil. Its Operating Income was R$954 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$36,013 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*954.419/-824.41
=1.16

* 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.


Klabin  (BSP:KLBN3) 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 .


Klabin Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Klabin Business Description

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Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima 3600, 3rd, 4th and 5th Floor, Itaim Bibi, Sao Paulo, SP, BRA, 04538-132
Klabin SA operates in various segments of the pulp and paper industry, supplying domestic and foreign markets with wood, bleached pulp, packaging paper, paper sacks, and corrugated cardboard boxes. The firm organizes itself into four segments based on product type: Forestry, Paper, Conversion, and Pulp. The Forestry segment involves operations related to planting and growing pine and eucalyptus trees and selling timber to third parties. The Paper segment mainly involves the production of cardboard, Kraftliner, and recycled paper rolls and their sale. The Conversion segment, which derives maximum revenue, involves the production and sale of corrugated cardboard boxes, cardboard, and industrial bags. The Pulp segment includes the production and sale of short, long, and fluff fiber pulp.

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