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Sage Group (The) (CHIX:SGEL) Interest Coverage : 10.30 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Sage Group (The) 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. Sage Group (The)'s Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was £237 Mil. Sage Group (The)'s Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was £-23 Mil. Sage Group (The)'s interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 10.30. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sage Group (The)'s Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

CHIX:SGEl' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.14   Med: 14.39   Max: 17.09
Current: 10.04


CHIX:SGEl's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
65.72% of 1622 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 27.82 vs CHIX:SGEl: 10.04

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


Sage Group (The) Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sage Group (The)'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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Sage Group (The) Interest Coverage Chart

Sage Group (The) Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.00 13.63 11.10 9.14 10.04

Sage Group (The) Semi-Annual Data
Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24
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 10.56 7.14 11.14 9.77 10.30

Competitive Comparison of Sage Group (The)'s Interest Coverage

For the Software - Application subindustry, Sage Group (The)'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.


Sage Group (The)'s Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Sage Group (The)'s Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sage Group (The)'s Interest Coverage falls into.



Sage Group (The) 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.

Sage Group (The)'s Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024, Sage Group (The)'s Interest Expense was £-45 Mil. Its Operating Income was £452 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £1,231 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*452/-45
=10.04

Sage Group (The)'s Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2024, Sage Group (The)'s Interest Expense was £-23 Mil. Its Operating Income was £237 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £1,231 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*237/-23
=10.30

* 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.


Sage Group (The)  (CHIX:SGEl) 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 .


Sage Group (The) Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Sage Group (The) Business Description

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The Sage Group is a U.K.-based provider of accounting and enterprise resource planning, or ERP, software, predominantly to customers in the U.S. and Europe. The company was founded in 1981 and historically sold on-premises software products with perpetual software licenses. However, the company is transitioning toward cloud connected and cloud native products, sold via software-as-a-service, or SaaS, contracts. Sage's main cloud native products include Sage Accounting, for small businesses, and Sage Intacct, which Sage acquired in 2017, for midsize businesses.

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