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Maple Leaf Foods (Maple Leaf Foods) Interest Coverage : 0.85 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Maple Leaf 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. Maple Leaf Foods's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $26 Mil. Maple Leaf Foods's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-30 Mil. Maple Leaf Foods's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.85. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

MLFNF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.31   Med: 13.77   Max: 62.9
Current: 0.31


MLFNF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
97.83% of 1384 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.4 vs MLFNF: 0.31

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


Maple Leaf Foods Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Maple Leaf 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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Maple Leaf Foods Interest Coverage Chart

Maple Leaf Foods Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Maple Leaf Foods Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Maple Leaf Foods's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Maple Leaf 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.


Maple Leaf Foods's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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



Maple Leaf 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.

Maple Leaf Foods's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Maple Leaf Foods's Interest Expense was $-110 Mil. Its Operating Income was $35 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,261 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*34.516/-109.928
=0.31

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Maple Leaf Foods's Interest Expense was $-30 Mil. Its Operating Income was $26 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,261 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*25.502/-29.893
=0.85

* 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.


Maple Leaf Foods  (OTCPK:MLFNF) 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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Maple Leaf Foods (Maple Leaf Foods) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6985 Financial Drive, Mississauga, ON, CAN, L5N 0A1
Maple Leaf Foods Incs is a producer of food products under leading brands, including Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf PrimeMaple Leaf Natural Selections, Schneiders, Schneiders Country Naturals, Mina, Greenfield Natural Meat Co., Lightlife, and Field Roast. The Company's portfolio includes prepared meats, ready-to-cook and ready-toserve meals, and valued-added fresh pork and poultry, and plant protein products. Its main markets are Canada, the United States, Japan, and China. The key brands are Maple Leaf and Schneiders, Maple Leaf Prime Naturally, Shopsy, Mitchell's Gourmet Food, Larse, Parm, and Hygrade.