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Hannover Rueck SE (Hannover Rueck SE) Interest Coverage

: 2.64 (As of Dec. 2023) 中文
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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 EBIT by its Interest Expense. Hannover Rueck SE's EBIT for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $191 Mil. Hannover Rueck SE's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-72 Mil. Hannover Rueck SE's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.64. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Hannover Rueck SE's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

HVRRF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.88   Med: 14.73   Max: 18.74
Current: 12.76


HVRRF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
52.32% of 323 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.52 vs HVRRF: 12.76

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


Hannover Rueck SE Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hannover Rueck SE'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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Hannover Rueck SE 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 18.74 11.95 17.80 15.11 12.76

Hannover Rueck SE 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 - 22.58 19.34 18.14 2.64

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Reinsurance subindustry, Hannover Rueck SE'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.


Hannover Rueck SE Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Hannover Rueck SE's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hannover Rueck SE's Interest Coverage falls into.



Hannover Rueck SE 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 EBIT is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and EBIT 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.

Hannover Rueck SE'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, Hannover Rueck SE's Interest Expense was $-172 Mil. Its EBIT was $2,194 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,317 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2193.675/-171.865
=12.76

Hannover Rueck SE's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Hannover Rueck SE's Interest Expense was $-72 Mil. Its EBIT was $191 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,317 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*190.622/-72.301
=2.64

* 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.


Hannover Rueck SE  (OTCPK:HVRRF) 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 .


Hannover Rueck SE Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Hannover Rueck SE (Hannover Rueck SE) Business Description

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Address
Karl-Wiechert-Allee 50, Hannover, NI, DEU, 30625
Hannover Re is a reinsurance company headquartered in Hannover, Germany. Its roots go back to the 1920s when, in conjunction with the Gerling Group, Haftplichtverband founded Eisen- und Stahl to provide reinsurance services. In the 1960s ownership of the business was turned over to Haftplichtverband and Aktiengesellschaft fur Transport und- Ruckversichering was founded. This was the basis of Hannover Re. The business expanded into life and health reinsurance in the 1990s, and over the next 30 years expanded beyond its core domestic market of Germany to write business internationally. Hannover sold its commercial specialty insurance business to Talanx on Jan. 1, 2019. Hannover was listed in the '90s on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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