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Bpost de Droit Public (Bpost de Droit Public) Interest Coverage : 4.73 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Bpost de Droit Public 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. Bpost de Droit Public's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $64 Mil. Bpost de Droit Public's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-14 Mil. Bpost de Droit Public's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.73. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Bpost de Droit Public's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

BPOSY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.8   Med: 13.56   Max: 2159.5
Current: 3.8


BPOSY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
61.74% of 818 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.43 vs BPOSY: 3.80

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


Bpost de Droit Public Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bpost de Droit Public'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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Bpost de Droit Public Interest Coverage Chart

Bpost de Droit Public Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.65 7.58 15.27 10.58 4.18

Bpost de Droit Public Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Bpost de Droit Public's Interest Coverage

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Bpost de Droit Public'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.


Bpost de Droit Public's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Bpost de Droit Public's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bpost de Droit Public's Interest Coverage falls into.



Bpost de Droit Public 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.

Bpost de Droit Public'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, Bpost de Droit Public's Interest Expense was $-43 Mil. Its Operating Income was $178 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,256 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*177.644/-42.53
=4.18

Bpost de Droit Public's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Bpost de Droit Public's Interest Expense was $-14 Mil. Its Operating Income was $64 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,240 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*64.239/-13.587
=4.73

* 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.


Bpost de Droit Public  (OTCPK:BPOSY) 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 .


Bpost de Droit Public Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Bpost de Droit Public (Bpost de Droit Public) Business Description

Address
Boulevard Anspach 1, Brussels, BEL, 1000
Bpost SA de Droit Public is a postal services and logistics solutions provider in Belgium. The company has three business units: Belgium, E-Logistics Eurasia and E-Logistics North America.

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