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Jollibee Foods (PHS:JFC) Interest Coverage : 2.25 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Jollibee Foods 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. Jollibee Foods's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₱3,626 Mil. Jollibee Foods's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₱-1,613 Mil. Jollibee Foods's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.25. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

PHS:JFC' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.61   Med: 3.48   Max: 41.95
Current: 2.91


PHS:JFC's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
71.48% of 256 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 6.835 vs PHS:JFC: 2.91

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


Jollibee Foods Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Jollibee Foods'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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Jollibee Foods Interest Coverage Chart

Jollibee Foods 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 2.17 - 1.61 2.35 2.91

Jollibee Foods Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 2.16 3.13 3.25 3.21 2.25

Competitive Comparison of Jollibee Foods's Interest Coverage

For the Restaurants subindustry, Jollibee Foods'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.


Jollibee Foods's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Jollibee Foods's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Jollibee Foods's Interest Coverage falls into.



Jollibee Foods 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.

Jollibee Foods'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, Jollibee Foods's Interest Expense was ₱-5,382 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₱15,652 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₱82,803 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*15652.127/-5382.041
=2.91

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Jollibee Foods's Interest Expense was ₱-1,613 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₱3,626 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₱82,803 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3626.034/-1613.368
=2.25

* 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.


Jollibee Foods  (PHS:JFC) 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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Jollibee Foods (PHS:JFC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10 F. Ortigas Junior avenue, 10th Floor, Jollibee Plaza Building, Ortigas Centre, Pasig, PHL, 1605
Jollibee Foods Corp is engaged in operating and franchising quick-service restaurants. The company has three business segments; The food service segment is involved in the operations of QSRs and the manufacture of food, products to be sold to JFC Group-owned and franchised QSR outlets, The franchising segment is involved in the franchising of the JFC Group's QSR store concepts, and The leasing segment leases store sites mainly to the JFC Group's independent franchisees. The group's geographical segments are based on the location of the assets producing revenues in the Philippines and in other locations which include PRC, USA, Canada, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, UK, UAE, Hongkong, Macau, Brunei, Taiwan, and Australia.

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