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Various Eateries (LSE:VARE) Interest Coverage : 0.91 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Various Eateries 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. Various Eateries's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £1.26 Mil. Various Eateries's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £-1.39 Mil. Various Eateries's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.91. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


LSE:VARE's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Restaurants industry.
Industry Median: 7.2
* 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.


Various Eateries Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Various Eateries'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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Various Eateries Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Various Eateries's Interest Coverage

For the Restaurants subindustry, Various Eateries'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.


Various Eateries's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Various Eateries's Interest Coverage falls into.



Various Eateries 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.

Various Eateries'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, Various Eateries's Interest Expense was £-2.47 Mil. Its Operating Income was £-1.92 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £28.05 Mil.

Various Eateries did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Various Eateries's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Various Eateries's Interest Expense was £-1.39 Mil. Its Operating Income was £1.26 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £28.05 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*1.256/-1.385
=0.91

* 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.


Various Eateries  (LSE:VARE) 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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Various Eateries (LSE:VARE) Business Description

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Address
20 Saint Thomas Street, Runway East, London, GBR, SE1 9RS
Various Eateries PLC owns, develops, and operates restaurant sites in the United Kingdom. The company operates two core brands; Coppa Club, a multi-use, all-day concept that combines a restaurant, terrace, cafe, lounge, bar, and workspaces; and Tavolino, a restaurant aiming to address a gap in the market for high-quality Italian food at mid-market prices. The company has two operating segments; the Restaurant Segment, and the Hotel Segment, out of which a majority of the company's revenue is derived from the Restaurant Segment.

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