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La ComerB de CV (La ComerB de CV) Interest Coverage : 12.37 (As of Dec. 2022)


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What is La ComerB de CV 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. La ComerB de CV's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2022 was $33.25 Mil. La ComerB de CV's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2022 was $-2.69 Mil. La ComerB de CV's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was 12.37. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for La ComerB de CV's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


LCMRF's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 7.85
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


La ComerB de CV Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for La ComerB de CV'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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La ComerB de CV Interest Coverage Chart

La ComerB de CV Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 7.41 11.48 11.64 12.39 12.86

La ComerB de CV Quarterly Data
Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 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 11.13 12.27 11.92 12.37 N/A

Competitive Comparison of La ComerB de CV's Interest Coverage

For the Department Stores subindustry, La ComerB de CV'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.


La ComerB de CV's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, La ComerB de CV's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where La ComerB de CV's Interest Coverage falls into.



La ComerB de CV 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.

La ComerB de CV'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, La ComerB de CV's Interest Expense was $-11.81 Mil. Its Operating Income was $151.94 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $108.31 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*151.939/-11.811
=12.86

La ComerB de CV's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2022, La ComerB de CV's Interest Expense was $-2.69 Mil. Its Operating Income was $33.25 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $87.05 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*33.245/-2.687
=12.37

* 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.


La ComerB de CV  (OTCPK:LCMRF) 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 .


La ComerB de CV Interest Coverage Related Terms

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La ComerB de CV (La ComerB de CV) Business Description

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Address
Avenue Revolucion 780, Modulo 2, Colonia San Juan, Mexico City, DF, MEX, 3730
La Comer SAB de CV is a food retail company. The company offers food items, groceries, perishables goods and non-food products such as general merchandise and clothing.

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