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China Mengniu Dairy Co (China Mengniu Dairy Co) Interest Coverage : 4.86 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is China Mengniu Dairy Co 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. China Mengniu Dairy Co's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was $494 Mil. China Mengniu Dairy Co's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was $-102 Mil. China Mengniu Dairy Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 4.86. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for China Mengniu Dairy Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

CIADY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.29   Med: 7.37   Max: 11.91
Current: 4.29


CIADY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
64.45% of 1384 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.4 vs CIADY: 4.29

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


China Mengniu Dairy Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Mengniu Dairy Co'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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China Mengniu Dairy Co Interest Coverage Chart

China Mengniu Dairy Co 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 7.61 6.72 6.99 5.26 4.29

China Mengniu Dairy Co 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 5.51 5.27 5.25 4.86 3.79

Competitive Comparison of China Mengniu Dairy Co's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, China Mengniu Dairy Co'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.


China Mengniu Dairy Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, China Mengniu Dairy Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Mengniu Dairy Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



China Mengniu Dairy Co 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.

China Mengniu Dairy Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, China Mengniu Dairy Co's Interest Expense was $-161 Mil. Its Operating Income was $849 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,305 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*848.557/-161.404
=5.26

China Mengniu Dairy Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2023, China Mengniu Dairy Co's Interest Expense was $-102 Mil. Its Operating Income was $494 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,896 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*493.512/-101.534
=4.86

* 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.


China Mengniu Dairy Co  (OTCPK:CIADY) 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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China Mengniu Dairy Co (China Mengniu Dairy Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
262 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, 32nd Floor, COFCO Tower, Hong Kong, HKG
China Mengniu Dairy, or Mengniu, is China's second-largest dairy producer by market share. The company produces a wide range of dairy products including liquid milk, ice cream, milk formula and cheese. Liquid milk, composed of milk, milk beverages and yogurt, contributed close to 80% of Mengniu's revenue in 2022. Flagship lineups include Deluxe, Mengniu Pure Milk, Just Yogurt and Yoyi C. Mengniu also owns two infant formula brands including Yashili and Bellamy as well as Milkground, a cheese brand.

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