Hargreaves Services (LSE:HSP) Interest Coverage : 3.46 (As of Nov. 2023)

Hargreaves Services Interest Coverage Chart

Hargreaves Services Annual Data
	Trend	May14	May15	May16	May17	May18	May19	May20	May21	May22	May23
Interest Coverage		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-	-	-	8.76	2.89

Hargreaves Services Semi-Annual Data
	May14	Nov14	May15	Nov15	May16	Nov16	May17	Nov17	May18	Nov18	May19	Nov19	May20	Nov20	May21	Nov21	May22	Nov22	May23	Nov23
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.63	14.28	9.69	-	3.46

Competitive Comparison of Hargreaves Services's Interest Coverage

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Hargreaves Services'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.

Hargreaves Services's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

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

Hargreaves Services 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

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

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

Hargreaves Services's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023, Hargreaves Services's Interest Expense was £-2.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was £6.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £20.8 Mil.

Hargreaves Services's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Nov. 2023, Hargreaves Services's Interest Expense was £-1.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was £5.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £13.9 Mil.

* 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.

Hargreaves Services  (LSE:HSP) 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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