GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Basic Materials » Forest Products » Resolute Forest Products Inc (NYSE:RFP) » Definitions » Interest Coverage

Resolute Forest Products (Resolute Forest Products) Interest Coverage : 24.60 (As of Sep. 2022)


View and export this data going back to 1984. Start your Free Trial

What is Resolute Forest Products 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. Resolute Forest Products's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2022 was $123 Mil. Resolute Forest Products's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2022 was $-5 Mil. Resolute Forest Products's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was 24.60. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

RFP' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.32   Med: 2.17   Max: 34.62
Current: 29.81


RFP's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the Forest Products industry.
Industry Median: 6.14 vs RFP: 29.81

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


Resolute Forest Products Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Resolute Forest Products'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.

* Premium members only.

Resolute Forest Products Interest Coverage Chart

Resolute Forest Products Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.22 7.55 0.32 4.15 34.62

Resolute Forest Products Quarterly Data
Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
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 20.40 8.00 47.60 37.50 24.60

Competitive Comparison of Resolute Forest Products's Interest Coverage

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Resolute Forest Products'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.


Resolute Forest Products's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Resolute Forest Products's Interest Coverage falls into.



Resolute Forest Products 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.

Resolute Forest Products's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021, Resolute Forest Products's Interest Expense was $-21 Mil. Its Operating Income was $727 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $351 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2021 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2021 )
=-1*727/-21
=34.62

Resolute Forest Products's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2022, Resolute Forest Products's Interest Expense was $-5 Mil. Its Operating Income was $123 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $348 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2022 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2022 )
=-1*123/-5
=24.60

* 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.


Resolute Forest Products  (NYSE:RFP) 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 .


Resolute Forest Products Interest Coverage Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Resolute Forest Products's Interest Coverage provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Resolute Forest Products (Resolute Forest Products) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1010 De La Gauchetiere Street West, Suite 400, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3B 2N2
Resolute Forest Products Inc is engaged in the forest products industry with a range of products, including market pulp, tissue, wood products, newsprint, and specialty papers. The product range includes market pulp, tissue, wood products, newsprint and specialty papers which are marketed to nearly 50 countries. The company owns or operates pulp, paper, tissue and wood products facilities in the United States and Canada.
Executives
Patrice Minguez officer: President, Tissue Group C/O RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC., 111 DUKE STREET, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Hugues Simon officer: President, Wood products 111 ROBERT-BOURASSA, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Sylvain A. Girard officer: Chief Financial Officer 111 ROBERT-BOURASSA, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Duncan Davies director 111 ROBERT-BOURASSA, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Stephanie Leclaire officer: Chief Legal Officer 111 ROBERT-BOURASSA, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Daniel Viboux officer: Chief Accounting Officer 111 ROBERT-BOURASSA, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Suzanne Blanchet director 111 ROBERT-BOURASSA BOULEVARD, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Michael S Rousseau director C/O ABITIBIBOWATER INC., 1155 METCALFE STREET, SUITE 800, MONTREAL, QUEBEC Z4 H3B 5H2
Alain Rheaume director C/O ABITIBIBOWATER INC., 1155 METCALFE STREET, SUITE 800, MONTREAL, QUEBEC Z4 H3B 5H2
Lori Kilgour officer: SVP, Chief Information Officer 111 ROBERT-BOURASSA, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C2M1
Daniel Ouellet officer: SVP Human Resources 111 ROBERT-BOURASSA BOULEVARD, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Richard Joseph Tremblay officer: SVP, Pulp and Paper Operations C/O RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC., 111 DUKE STREET, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
John Lafave officer: Senior Vice President C/O ABITIBIBOWATER INC., 1155 METCALFE STREET, SUITE 800, MONTREAL A8 H3B 5H2
Randall C Benson director RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC., 111 DUKE STREET, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Bradley Martin director C/O ODYSSEY RE HOLDINGS CORP., 300 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06902