Bollore SE (XPAR:BOL) Interest Coverage

: 8.36 (As of Jun. 2022)

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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 Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Bollore SE's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2022 was €735 Mil. Bollore SE's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2022 was €-88 Mil. Bollore SE's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was 8.36. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

XPAR:BOL' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.24 Med: 4.92 Max: 6.96
Current: 5.77

XPAR:BOL's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
67.89% of 629 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 18.64 vs XPAR:BOL: 5.77

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

Bollore SE Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bollore 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.

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Bollore SE Annual Data

Trend

Dec12

Dec13

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Interest Coverage

6.56

6.96

4.60

2.24

4.43

Bollore SE Semi-Annual Data
	Dec12	Jun13	Dec13	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22
Interest Coverage																6.31	-	5.52	3.47	8.36

Competitive Comparison

For the Entertainment subindustry, Bollore 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.

Annual Data Quarterly Data

Bollore SE Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Bollore SE's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bollore SE's Interest Coverage falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Interest Coverage's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

Bollore 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 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.

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

Bollore SE's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021, Bollore SE's Interest Expense was €-187 Mil. Its Operating Income was €827 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €6,101 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (A: Dec. 2021 )	/	Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2021 )
	=	-1	*	826.9	/	-186.6
	=	4.43

Bollore SE's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2022, Bollore SE's Interest Expense was €-88 Mil. Its Operating Income was €735 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €5,743 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2022 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2022 )
	=	-1	*	734.7	/	-87.9
	=	8.36

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

Bollore SE (XPAR:BOL) 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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Bollore SE (XPAR:BOL) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

31-32, quai de Dion-Bouton, Puteaux Cedex, Paris, FRA, 92811

Website

https://www.bollore.com

Bollore SE is an infrastructure company domiciled in France. The company organizes itself into four segments: transportation and logistics, oil logistics, communication, and Electricity storage and systems. The transportation and logistics segment offers freight forwarding and logistics services. The oil logistics segment distributes oil and fuel. The communication segment provides advertising, cinema, and telecommunications services. The electricity storage and systems segment is engaged in the production and sale of electric batteries and their applications. The firm generates most of the revenue from the communications segment.

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