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Vukile Property Fund (JSE:VKE) Interest Coverage : 2.36 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Vukile Property Fund 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. Vukile Property Fund's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was R1,159 Mil. Vukile Property Fund's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was R-492 Mil. Vukile Property Fund's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 2.36. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Vukile Property Fund Ltd interest coverage is 2.45, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vukile Property Fund's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:VKE' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 3.08   Max: 3.89
Current: 2.45


JSE:VKE's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
59.28% of 668 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.96 vs JSE:VKE: 2.45

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


Vukile Property Fund Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vukile Property Fund'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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Vukile Property Fund Interest Coverage Chart

Vukile Property Fund Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.69 3.74 2.36 2.77 2.58

Vukile Property Fund Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 2.75 2.79 2.61 2.55 2.36

Competitive Comparison of Vukile Property Fund's Interest Coverage

For the REIT - Retail subindustry, Vukile Property Fund'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.


Vukile Property Fund's Interest Coverage Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Vukile Property Fund's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vukile Property Fund's Interest Coverage falls into.



Vukile Property Fund 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.

Vukile Property Fund's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Vukile Property Fund's Interest Expense was R-794 Mil. Its Operating Income was R2,049 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R16,300 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*2049/-794
=2.58

Vukile Property Fund's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Vukile Property Fund's Interest Expense was R-492 Mil. Its Operating Income was R1,159 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R16,459 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*1159/-492
=2.36

* 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.


Vukile Property Fund  (JSE:VKE) 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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Vukile Property Fund (JSE:VKE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
11 9th Street, 4th Floor, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2198
Vukile Property Fund Ltd is a real estate company that owns property throughout South Africa. The company derives its revenue primarily from property leases. Retail properties, particularly shopping malls, represent more than half of Vukile's property portfolio. Offices, industrial buildings, and sovereign properties are also significant portfolio constituents. The majority of the company's tenants are large, listed national companies and major franchises, with the remainder comprising government and midsize to large professional firms.

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