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Biglari Holdings (Biglari Holdings) Interest Coverage

: 4.69 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Biglari Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $6.8 Mil. Biglari Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.5 Mil. Biglari Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.69. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BH' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.1   Med: 1.3   Max: 7.76
Current: 6.79


BH's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
50% of 256 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 6.76 vs BH: 6.79

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


Biglari Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Biglari Holdings'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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Biglari Holdings Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.27 1.83 5.13 7.76 6.79

Biglari Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.26 7.67 9.12 5.91 4.69

Competitive Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Biglari Holdings'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.


Biglari Holdings Interest Coverage Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Biglari Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



Biglari Holdings 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.

Biglari Holdings'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, Biglari Holdings's Interest Expense was $-5.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $39.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $86.4 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*39.375/-5.795
=6.79

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Biglari Holdings's Interest Expense was $-1.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was $6.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $86.4 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*6.834/-1.456
=4.69

* 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.


Biglari Holdings  (NYSE:BH) 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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Biglari Holdings (Biglari Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
19100 Ridgewood Parkway, Suite 1200, San Antonio, TX, USA, 78259
Biglari Holdings Inc is a holding company that owns subsidiaries in a range of businesses. The company's reportable segments include Restaurant Operations, Insurance Operations, Oil and Gas Operations, and Maxim. The majority of revenue is derived from the Restaurant Operations segment. The Restaurant Operations segment includes Steak n Shake and Western Sizzlin Restaurant businesses.
Executives
Sardar Biglari, director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO C/O BIGLARI HOLDINGS INC., 19100 RIDGEWOOD PKWY, SUITE 1200, SAN ANTONIO TX 78259
John Garrett Cardwell director 17802 IH 10 WEST, SUITE 400, SAN ANTONIO TX 78257
Campbell Edmund B Iii director C/O BIGLARI HOLDINGS INC., 17802 IH 10 WEST, SUITE 400, SAN ANTONIO TX 78257
Lion Fund Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner 19100 RIDGEWOOD PKWY, SUITE 1200, SAN ANTONIO TX 78259
Lion Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner 19100 RIDGEWOOD PKWY, SUITE 1200, SAN ANTONIO TX 78259
Biglari Capital Corp. 10 percent owner 19100 RIDGEWOOD PKWY, SUITE 1200, SAN ANTONIO TX 78259

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