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United Breweries (BOM:532478) Interest Coverage : 48.60 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is United 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. United Breweries's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹851 Mil. United Breweries's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹-18 Mil. United Breweries's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 48.60. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. United Breweries Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

BOM:532478' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.05   Med: 16.69   Max: 87.42
Current: 70.29


BOM:532478's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
75.47% of 159 companies
in the Beverages - Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 8.16 vs BOM:532478: 70.29

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


United Breweries Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for United 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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United Breweries Interest Coverage Chart

United Breweries Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
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United 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 2.39 103.44 93.27 45.93 48.60

Competitive Comparison of United Breweries's Interest Coverage

For the Beverages - Brewers subindustry, United 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.


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

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

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



United 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.

United Breweries's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024, United Breweries's Interest Expense was ₹-69 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹4,843 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹169 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*4842.9/-68.9
=70.29

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, United Breweries's Interest Expense was ₹-18 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹851 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹169 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*850.5/-17.5
=48.60

* 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.


United Breweries  (BOM:532478) 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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United Breweries (BOM:532478) Business Description

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Address
No. 24 Vittal Mallya Road, UB Tower, UB City, Bengaluru, KA, IND, 560 001
United Breweries Ltd brews and sells beer and flavored malt beverages in India. The company has dozens of production facilities in India, and it licenses its brands to be manufactured in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand for sale worldwide. The company's flagship brand is Kingfisher, which is prominent in India and is sold in dozens of countries around the world. It has two segments Beer and Non-alcoholic beverages. It derives the majority of its revenue from the Beer segment. The company's other brands include Bullet, Cannon 10000, Kalyani, UB Export, Zingaroo, and London Pilsner. United Breweries also sells the Heineken brand in India.

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