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Cake Box Holdings (LSE:CBOX) Interest Coverage : 22.77 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Cake Box Holdings 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. Cake Box Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £2.46 Mil. Cake Box Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £-0.11 Mil. Cake Box Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 22.77. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

LSE:CBOX' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 26.41   Med: 70.08   Max: 115.44
Current: 31.9


LSE:CBOX's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
70.04% of 247 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 8.49 vs LSE:CBOX: 31.90

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


Cake Box Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cake Box 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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Cake Box Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Cake Box Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 81.16 70.22 115.44 84.78 36.62

Cake Box Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar16 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 195.74 51.84 28.34 43.24 22.77

Competitive Comparison of Cake Box Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Cake Box 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.


Cake Box Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Cake Box Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cake Box 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.

Cake Box Holdings'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, Cake Box Holdings's Interest Expense was £-0.16 Mil. Its Operating Income was £5.86 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £3.56 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*5.859/-0.16
=36.62

Cake Box Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Cake Box Holdings's Interest Expense was £-0.11 Mil. Its Operating Income was £2.46 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £3.38 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*2.459/-0.108
=22.77

* 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.


Cake Box Holdings  (LSE:CBOX) 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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Cake Box Holdings (LSE:CBOX) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
20-22 Jute Lane, Enfield, London, Middlesex, GBR, EN3 7PJ
Cake Box Holdings PLC is a retailer of fresh cream cakes. It offers a range of cakes that include cupcakes, photo cakes, number cakes, fruit cakes, mendhi cakes, round cakes, kid's cakes, platter cakes, and wedding cakes. The company recognises revenue revenue from Sale of sponges, fresh cream and other goods to franchisees, Online sales of cakes and related products to customers, Franchise package. Geographically, it derives revenue from the United Kingdom.

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