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First Resources (SGX:EB5) Interest Coverage : 28.23 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is First Resources 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. First Resources's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was S$135 Mil. First Resources's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was S$-5 Mil. First Resources's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 28.23. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

SGX:EB5' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 20.59   Med: 33.89   Max: 802.6
Current: 24.41


SGX:EB5's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
69.47% of 1369 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.41 vs SGX:EB5: 24.41

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


First Resources Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for First Resources'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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First Resources Interest Coverage Chart

First Resources 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 28.24 20.59 23.28 39.54 24.43

First Resources Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 36.43 32.88 46.47 21.40 28.23

Competitive Comparison of First Resources's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, First Resources'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.


First Resources's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, First Resources's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First Resources's Interest Coverage falls into.



First Resources 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.

First Resources'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, First Resources's Interest Expense was S$-11 Mil. Its Operating Income was S$264 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was S$168 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*263.832/-10.798
=24.43

First Resources's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, First Resources's Interest Expense was S$-5 Mil. Its Operating Income was S$135 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was S$168 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*135.427/-4.797
=28.23

* 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.


First Resources  (SGX:EB5) 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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First Resources (SGX:EB5) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7 Temasek Boulevard, No. 24-01, Suntec Tower One, Singapore, SGP, 038987
First Resources Ltd manages more than 200,000 hectares of oil palm plantations located in Indonesia and mills fresh fruit bunches into crude palm oil and palm kernel. In addition, the group also processes crude palm oil and palm kernel into higher-value palm-based products such as refined, bleached, and deodorized olein and biodiesel. The operating segment of the company is Plantations and Palm Oil Mills & Refineries and Processing. The plantations and palm oil mills segment is principally involved in the cultivation and maintenance of oil palm plantations and the operation of palm oil mills. Refinery and processing segment markets and sells processed palm-based products produced from the refinery, fractionation and biodiesel plants, and other downstream processing facilities.

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