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Avon Protection (LSE:AVON) Interest Coverage : 0.62 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Avon Protection 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. Avon Protection's Operating Income for the six months ended in Mar. 2024 was £2.0 Mil. Avon Protection's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Mar. 2024 was £-3.3 Mil. Avon Protection's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.62. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


LSE:AVON's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Aerospace & Defense industry.
Industry Median: 6.88
* 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.


Avon Protection Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avon Protection'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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Avon Protection Interest Coverage Chart

Avon Protection Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Interest Coverage
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Avon Protection Semi-Annual Data
Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24
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 - 9.10 1.11 - 0.62

Competitive Comparison of Avon Protection's Interest Coverage

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Avon Protection'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.


Avon Protection's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Avon Protection's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Avon Protection 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.

Avon Protection's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023, Avon Protection's Interest Expense was £-6.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was £-10.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £76.2 Mil.

Avon Protection did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Avon Protection's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Mar. 2024, Avon Protection's Interest Expense was £-3.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was £2.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £65.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*2.046/-3.305
=0.62

* 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.


Avon Protection  (LSE:AVON) 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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Avon Protection (LSE:AVON) Business Description

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Address
Semington Road, Hampton Park West, Melksham, Wiltshire, GBR, SN12 6NB
Avon Protection PLC is engaged in providing technology that designs and produces life-critical personal protection systems to maximize the performance and capabilities of its customers. The company's portfolio of life-critical protection solutions includes full-face respirators, ballistic helmets, escape hoods, SCBA systems, modular PAPR units, thermal imaging cameras, and underwater equipment for the world's militaries and first responders. The company has two operating and reportable segments, these being Respiratory Protection; which is the key revenue generating segment and the Head Protection. Geographically, the revenue is generated from United States which is the key revenue generating market and Europe.

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