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Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL (BKK:KSL-F) Interest Coverage : 5.37 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL 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. Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was ฿725 Mil. Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was ฿-135 Mil. Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 5.37. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

BKK:KSL-F' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.47   Med: 1.89   Max: 3.76
Current: 2.64


BKK:KSL-F's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
77.19% of 1372 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.485 vs BKK:KSL-F: 2.64

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


Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL'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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Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL Interest Coverage Chart

Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.88 0.47 0.83 3.76 2.85

Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 7.09 4.95 - 1.59 5.37

Competitive Comparison of Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL's Interest Coverage

For the Confectioners subindustry, Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL'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.


Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL's Interest Coverage falls into.



Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL 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.

Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023, Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL's Interest Expense was ฿-473 Mil. Its Operating Income was ฿1,348 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ฿7,342 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Oct. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Oct. 2023 )
=-1*1347.547/-472.778
=2.85

Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL's Interest Expense was ฿-135 Mil. Its Operating Income was ฿725 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ฿6,697 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*724.771/-134.968
=5.37

* 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.


Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL  (BKK:KSL-F) 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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Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL (BKK:KSL-F) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Sriayudahya Road, No. 503 K.S.L. Tower, 9th Floor, Thanon Phaya Thai Sub-District, Ratchathewi District, Bangkok, THA, 10400
Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PCL manufactures and distributes sugar and molasses in Thailand. It also sells the byproducts of its sugar production, including ethanol that it sells to oil companies and electricity that it sells to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, which has a monopoly in Thailand's electrical energy market and is the country's power producer. The company has three operating segments - Manufacture and Distribution of Sugar and Molasses, Manufacture and Sale of Electricity, and Real Estate Rental. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Manufacture and Distribution of Sugar and Molasses. In addition to Thailand, the company sells its products in Laos and Cambodia.

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