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Nigerian Breweries (NSA:NB) Interest Coverage : 1.43 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Nigerian Breweries 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. Nigerian Breweries's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₦26,003 Mil. Nigerian Breweries's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₦-18,141 Mil. Nigerian Breweries's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.43. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Nigerian Breweries PLC interest coverage is 1.39, which is low.

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

NSA:NB' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.19   Med: 5.56   Max: 13.46
Current: 1.39


NSA:NB's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
93.71% of 159 companies
in the Beverages - Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 8.16 vs NSA:NB: 1.39

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


Nigerian Breweries Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nigerian Breweries'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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Nigerian Breweries Interest Coverage Chart

Nigerian Breweries Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.29 2.18 3.37 6.03 1.19

Nigerian Breweries Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 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 0.42 3.99 - 1.07 1.43

Competitive Comparison of Nigerian Breweries's Interest Coverage

For the Beverages - Brewers subindustry, Nigerian Breweries'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.


Nigerian Breweries's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Beverages - Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Nigerian Breweries's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nigerian Breweries's Interest Coverage falls into.



Nigerian Breweries 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.

Nigerian Breweries'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, Nigerian Breweries's Interest Expense was ₦-36,368 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₦43,446 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₦136,286 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*43446.029/-36368.316
=1.19

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Nigerian Breweries's Interest Expense was ₦-18,141 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₦26,003 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₦172,126 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*26002.819/-18141.005
=1.43

* 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.


Nigerian Breweries  (NSA:NB) 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 .


Nigerian Breweries Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Nigerian Breweries (NSA:NB) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Abebe Village Road, Iganmu House, Iganmu, Lagos, NGA, 101241
Nigerian Breweries PLC is a Brewing firm. The principal activities of the company remained brewing, marketing, and selling lager, stout, non-alcoholic malt drinks, and soft drinks. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Nigeria and also has a presence in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the United States of America, Canada, some parts of Africa and parts of the Middle East and Asia. The company's brands include Star, Gulder, Maltina, Legend Extra Stout, Amstel Malta, Heineken, Maltina Sip-it, Fayrouz, Goldberg, Malta Gold, and others.