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Sodexo (WBO:SW) Interest Coverage : 6.60 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Sodexo 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. Sodexo's Operating Income for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was €574 Mil. Sodexo's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was €-87 Mil. Sodexo's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 6.60. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

WBO:SW' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.39   Med: 6.88   Max: 12.92
Current: 5.58


WBO:SW's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
66.03% of 789 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.39 vs WBO:SW: 5.58

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


Sodexo Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sodexo'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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Sodexo Interest Coverage Chart

Sodexo Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.70 3.39 4.82 6.88 5.60

Sodexo Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
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 10.21 3.79 6.78 4.52 6.60

Competitive Comparison of Sodexo's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Sodexo'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.


Sodexo's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Sodexo's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sodexo 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.

Sodexo's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023, Sodexo's Interest Expense was €-159 Mil. Its Operating Income was €890 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €5,702 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Aug. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Aug. 2023 )
=-1*890/-159
=5.60

Sodexo's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Feb. 2024, Sodexo's Interest Expense was €-87 Mil. Its Operating Income was €574 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €5,373 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*574/-87
=6.60

* 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.


Sodexo  (WBO:SW) 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 .


Sodexo Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Sodexo (WBO:SW) Business Description

Address
255 Quai de la Bataille de Stalingrad, Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine), Cedex 9, Paris, FRA, 92130
Sodexo is one of the largest food service companies globally, operating in more than 80 countries with annual sales of over EUR 21 billion. Sodexo's model stems from operating on-premise catering facilities, rather than centralised industrial kitchens. While food services remains the largest business segment (58% of revenue in 2022), the company has actively pursued a strategy of diversifying its business activities into other areas, such as facilities-management services, which now represents 38% of group revenue.

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