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Griffon (Griffon) Interest Coverage : 3.18 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Griffon 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. Griffon's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $86 Mil. Griffon's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-27 Mil. Griffon's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.18. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

GFF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.3   Med: 1.7   Max: 3.89
Current: 2.96


GFF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
67.43% of 393 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 5.15 vs GFF: 2.96

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


Griffon Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Griffon'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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Griffon Interest Coverage Chart

Griffon Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.59 2.10 2.70 3.89 3.02

Griffon Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 3.12 1.37 4.07 3.15 3.18

Competitive Comparison of Griffon's Interest Coverage

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Griffon'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.


Griffon's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Griffon's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Griffon 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.

Griffon's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023, Griffon's Interest Expense was $-101 Mil. Its Operating Income was $306 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,607 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*306.087/-101.445
=3.02

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Griffon's Interest Expense was $-27 Mil. Its Operating Income was $86 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,583 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*86.446/-27.187
=3.18

* 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.


Griffon  (NYSE:GFF) 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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Griffon (Griffon) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
712 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10019
Griffon Corp manufactures and markets residential, commercial and industrial garage doors to professional installing dealers and home center retail chains. It also provides non-powered landscaping products for homeowners and professionals. Its operating segments include Consumer and Professional Products and Home and Building Products. The company generates a majority of its revenue from the Home and Building Products segment.
Executives
Voss Value-oriented Special Situations Fund, Lp director 3773 RICHMOND AVENUE, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77046
Voss Value Master Fund, L.p. director 3773 RICHMOND AVENUE, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77046
Voss Value Master Fund, Lp director, other: See Remarks 3773 RICHMOND AVENUE, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77046
Travis W. Cocke director, other: See Remarks 3773 RICHMOND AVENUE, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77046
Voss Advisors Gp, Llc director 3773 RICHMOND AVENUE, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77046
Voss Capital, Llc director 3773 RICHMOND AVENUE, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77046
Michelle L Taylor director 712 FIFTH AVENUE, C/O GRIFFON CORPORATION, NEW YORK NY 10019
Diao H.c. Charles director 1775 TYSONS BOULEVARD, TYSONS VA 22102
Lacy M. Johnson director 200 EAST RANDOLPH STREET, SUITE 3300, CHICAGO IL 60601
Louis J. Grabowsky director 6605 ABERDEEN, DALLAS TX 75230
Henry A Alpert director
Kevin F Sullivan director C/O GRIFFON CORPORATION, 712 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10019
Jerome L Coben director 5482 WILSHIRE BLVD., #1579, LOS ANGELES CA 90036
Thomas Brosig director C/O GIII APPAREL GROUP LTD, 512 SEVENTH AVE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Seth L. Kaplan officer: Sr VP, Gen. Counsel and Secy 712 FIFTH AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019