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Svenska Cellulosa AB (Svenska Cellulosa AB) Interest Coverage : 8.93 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Svenska Cellulosa AB 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. Svenska Cellulosa AB's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $105 Mil. Svenska Cellulosa AB's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-12 Mil. Svenska Cellulosa AB's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 8.93. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Svenska Cellulosa AB's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SVCBY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.63   Med: 23.71   Max: 142.89
Current: 8.63


SVCBY's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
59.9% of 202 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 6.15 vs SVCBY: 8.63

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


Svenska Cellulosa AB Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Svenska Cellulosa AB'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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Svenska Cellulosa AB Interest Coverage Chart

Svenska Cellulosa AB 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 134.78 8.71 71.18 125.59 10.24

Svenska Cellulosa AB Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 27.15 11.72 7.95 6.69 8.93

Competitive Comparison of Svenska Cellulosa AB's Interest Coverage

For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, Svenska Cellulosa AB'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.


Svenska Cellulosa AB's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Svenska Cellulosa AB's Interest Coverage falls into.



Svenska Cellulosa AB 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.

Svenska Cellulosa AB'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, Svenska Cellulosa AB's Interest Expense was $-44 Mil. Its Operating Income was $453 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,120 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*453.127/-44.26
=10.24

Svenska Cellulosa AB's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Svenska Cellulosa AB's Interest Expense was $-12 Mil. Its Operating Income was $105 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $44 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*105.462/-11.814
=8.93

* 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.


Svenska Cellulosa AB  (OTCPK:SVCBY) 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 .


Svenska Cellulosa AB Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Svenska Cellulosa AB (Svenska Cellulosa AB) Business Description

Address
Skepparplatsen 1, Sundsvall, SWE, SE-851 88
Svenska Cellulosa AB is Europe's private forest owner, engaged in four business segments; the Forest segment supplies its industries with timber. The segment includes managing and harvesting on its own forest land, sourcing timber from other forest owners, and transporting the timber to its industries, The Wood segment includes five sawmills in northern Sweden and wood processing and distribution to the building materials trade in Sweden and France, The Pulp segment encompasses the production and sale of bleached softwood kraft pulp (NBSK) and chemi-thermomechanical pulp (CTMP), which are produced at the Ostrand pulp mill, and The Containerboard segment includes packaging paper with kraft liner manufacturing at the Obbola and Munksund paper mills.

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