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Borregaard ASA (OSTO:BRGO) Interest Coverage

: 2.74 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Borregaard ASA's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was kr192 Mil. Borregaard ASA's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was kr-70 Mil. Borregaard ASA's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.74. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

OSTO:BRGO' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.55   Med: 15.04   Max: 35.48
Current: 7.55


OSTO:BRGO's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
56.12% of 1192 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.66 vs OSTO:BRGO: 7.55

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


Borregaard ASA Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Borregaard ASA'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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Borregaard ASA Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.60 8.66 15.35 13.57 7.55

Borregaard ASA Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.53 11.03 11.97 9.73 2.74

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Borregaard ASA'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.


Borregaard ASA Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Borregaard ASA's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Borregaard ASA 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.

Borregaard ASA'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, Borregaard ASA's Interest Expense was kr-171 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr1,291 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr2,016 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1291/-171
=7.55

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Borregaard ASA's Interest Expense was kr-70 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr192 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr2,016 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*192/-70
=2.74

* 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.


Borregaard ASA  (OSTO:BRGO) 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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Borregaard ASA (OSTO:BRGO) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Hjalmar Wessels vei 6, P.O Box 162, Sarpsborg, NOR, 1701
Borregaard ASA makes and sells biochemicals and biomaterials designed to replace oil-based products, It has three operating segments; BioSolutions segment develops, produces and sells biopolymers and bio vanillin from lignin used in Industries such as agrochemicals, batteries, industrial binders and construction. Bio vanillin is supplied to flavour and fragrance companies, as well as to the food and beverage industry, Biomaterials segment develops, produces and sells speciality cellulose mainly for use as a raw material in the production of cellulose ethers, cellulose acetate and other speciality products. It also includes cellulose fibrils for industrial applications, and the Fine Chemicals segment consists of fine chemical intermediates for contrast agents and bioethanol.