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Famous Brands (JSE:FBR) Interest Coverage : 4.49 (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is Famous Brands 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. Famous Brands's Operating Income for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was R356 Mil. Famous Brands's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was R-79 Mil. Famous Brands's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 4.49. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

JSE:FBR' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.53   Med: 5.11   Max: 176.06
Current: 5.74


JSE:FBR's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
56.15% of 260 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 7.17 vs JSE:FBR: 5.74

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


Famous Brands Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Famous Brands'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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Famous Brands Interest Coverage Chart

Famous Brands Annual Data
Trend Feb14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.93 4.55 1.53 5.13 6.55

Famous Brands Semi-Annual Data
Feb14 Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23
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 3.07 7.54 5.68 7.36 4.49

Competitive Comparison of Famous Brands's Interest Coverage

For the Restaurants subindustry, Famous Brands'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.


Famous Brands's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

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

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



Famous Brands 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.

Famous Brands's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023, Famous Brands's Interest Expense was R-118 Mil. Its Operating Income was R775 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R1,311 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Feb. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Feb. 2023 )
=-1*775.191/-118.439
=6.55

Famous Brands's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Aug. 2023, Famous Brands's Interest Expense was R-79 Mil. Its Operating Income was R356 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R1,391 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Aug. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Aug. 2023 )
=-1*355.576/-79.264
=4.49

* 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.


Famous Brands  (JSE:FBR) 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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Famous Brands (JSE:FBR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
478 James Crescent, P.O. Box 2884, Halfway House, Midrand, GT, ZAF, 1685
Famous Brands Ltd owns a portfolio of roughly 30 restaurant chains in Africa and the United Kingdom. Its biggest brands include Steers, Wimpy, Debonairs Pizza, Fishaways, Mr Biggs, and Mugg & Bean. Franchisees operate all of the company's restaurants. Most of the company's revenue comes from its supply chain segment, which is responsible for manufacturing restaurant items and delivering the products to the company's franchisees and other customers. More than three fourths of Famous Brands' restaurants are in South Africa.