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CVGW (Calavo Growers) Interest Coverage : 37.40 (As of Apr. 2025)


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What is Calavo Growers 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. Calavo Growers's Operating Income for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $7.6 Mil. Calavo Growers's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $-0.2 Mil. Calavo Growers's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 was 37.40. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

CVGW' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.16   Med: 52.61   Max: 80.81
Current: 16.43


CVGW's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
58.37% of 257 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 8.49 vs CVGW: 16.43

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


Calavo Growers Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Calavo Growers'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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Calavo Growers Interest Coverage Chart

Calavo Growers Annual Data
Trend Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 6.64 4.16 5.15 5.78

Calavo Growers Quarterly Data
Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
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 7.60 11.23 10.99 23.69 37.40

Competitive Comparison of Calavo Growers's Interest Coverage

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Calavo Growers'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.


Calavo Growers's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Calavo Growers's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Calavo Growers 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.

Calavo Growers's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2024, Calavo Growers's Interest Expense was $-2.9 Mil. Its Operating Income was $16.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $21.8 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Oct. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Oct. 2024 )
=-1*16.723/-2.893
=5.78

Calavo Growers's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Apr. 2025, Calavo Growers's Interest Expense was $-0.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was $7.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $20.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Apr. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Apr. 2025 )
=-1*7.63/-0.204
=37.40

* 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.


Calavo Growers  (NAS:CVGW) 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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Calavo Growers Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1141-A Cummings Road, Santa Paula, CA, USA, 93060
Calavo Growers Inc is in the avocado industry and an expanding provider of value-added fresh food. The group markets and distribute avocados, prepared avocado products, and other perishable foods to retail grocery, foodservice, club stores, mass merchandisers, food distributors and wholesalers across the world. The company distributes its products both domestically and internationally and reports its operations in two different business segments: Grown and Prepared. The Grown segment consists of fresh avocados, tomatoes, and papayas. The Prepared segment comprises all other products including fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, ready-to-eat sandwiches, wraps, salads and snacks, guacamole, and salsa sold at retail and food service as well as avocado pulp sold to food service.
Executives
Lecil E Cole director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of Board, CEO & Pres
Michael A Browne officer: VP-Fresh Operations C/O MISSION PRODUCE, INC., 2500 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, SUITE 300, OXNARD CA 93036
James E Snyder officer: Controller & Interim CFO 1141A CUMMINGS ROAD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Paul Alan Harrison officer: Executive Vice President C/O CALAVO GROWERS, INC., 1141-A CUMMINGS RD., SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Steve Hollister director 751 BEAR CANYON LANE, ARROYO GRANDE CA 93420
James D Helin director 1141A CUMMINGS RD, SANTA PAULA CA 93036
Helen Kurtz officer: SVP and GM - Prepared C/O CALAVO GROWERS, INC., 1141-A CUMMINGS RD., SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Danny Dumas officer: SVP & GM Grown C/O CALAVO GROWERS, INC., 1141-A CUMMINGS RD., SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Shawn Munsell officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CALAVO GROWERS, INC., 1141-A CUMMINGS RD., SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Graciela Montgomery officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O CALAVO GROWERS, INC., 1141-A CUMMINGS RD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Brian W Kocher officer: Chief Executive Officer 1141-A CUMMINGS ROAD, SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Adriana Mendizabal director C/O CALAVO GROWERS, INC., 1141-A CUMMINGS RD., SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Mariela Irene Matute officer: Chief Financial Officer 1141-A CUMMINGS RD., SANTA PAULA CA 93060
Donald M Sanders director 2530 RED HILL AVE, SANTA ANA CA 92705
Michael Anthony Digregorio director C/O IRONCLAD PERFORMANCE WEAR CORP., 2201 PARK PLACE, SUITE 101, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245