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Edgewell Personal Care Co (Edgewell Personal Care Co) Interest Coverage : 1.66 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Edgewell Personal Care Co 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. Edgewell Personal Care Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $33 Mil. Edgewell Personal Care Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-20 Mil. Edgewell Personal Care Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.66. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Edgewell Personal Care Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

EPC' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.74   Med: 3.56   Max: 5.02
Current: 3.09


EPC's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
72.83% of 1373 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.55 vs EPC: 3.09

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


Edgewell Personal Care Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Edgewell Personal Care Co'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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Edgewell Personal Care Co Interest Coverage Chart

Edgewell Personal Care Co Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.64 3.28 3.84 2.77 3.10

Edgewell Personal Care Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 1.74 2.86 4.62 3.29 1.66

Competitive Comparison of Edgewell Personal Care Co's Interest Coverage

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Edgewell Personal Care Co'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.


Edgewell Personal Care Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Edgewell Personal Care Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Edgewell Personal Care Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Edgewell Personal Care Co 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.

Edgewell Personal Care Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023, Edgewell Personal Care Co's Interest Expense was $-79 Mil. Its Operating Income was $244 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,361 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*243.6/-78.5
=3.10

Edgewell Personal Care Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Edgewell Personal Care Co's Interest Expense was $-20 Mil. Its Operating Income was $33 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,452 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*32.9/-19.8
=1.66

* 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.


Edgewell Personal Care Co  (NYSE:EPC) 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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Edgewell Personal Care Co (Edgewell Personal Care Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6 Research Drive, Shelton, CT, USA, 06484
Edgewell Personal Care Co is a personal-care company. The operating segments of the company include Wet Shave, Sun and Skin Care and Feminine Care. Some of the brands offered by the company include Edge, Skintimate, Personna, Schick, Carefree, Playtex, Banana Boat and Hawaiian Tropic. It derives a majority of its revenue from the United States.
Executives
John N Hill officer: VP, Global Human Resources C/O EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY, 6 RESEARCH DRIVE, SHELTON CT 06484
Robert Andrew Schmidt officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O NEWELL BRANDS INC., 6655 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY ROAD, ATLANTA GA 30328
Latanya Langley officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY, 6 RESEARCH DRIVE, SHELTON CT 06484
Priscilla Kasenchak officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1111 MARCUS AVENUE, LAKE SUCCESS NY 11042
Anne-sophie Gaget officer: Chief Growth & Innovation Ofcr C/O EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE FRANCE, 1 RUE FRANCOIS JACOB, RUEIL MALMAISON I0 92500
Carla C Hendra director 885 WEST END AVE. 12B, NEW YORK NY 10025
Swan Sit director 95 JACKSON STREET, NEWTON MA 02459
Nicholas Fj Powell officer: President, International C/O EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY, 6 RESEARCH DRIVE, SHELTON CT 06484
Paul Hibbert officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer C/O EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY, 6 RESEARCH DRIVE, SHELTON CT 06484
Eric F O'toole officer: President, North America C/O EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY, 6 RESEARCH DRIVE, SHELTON CT 06484
R David Hoover director C/O EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY, 1350 TIMBERLAKE MANOR PARKWAY, CHESTERFIELD MO 63017
James C Johnson director 1901 CHOUTEAU AVENUE, P. O. BOX 66149, MC-1370, ST. LOUIS MO 63166-6149
Marisa Iasenza officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY, 6 RESEARCH DRIVE, SHELTON CT 06484
Rod R Little officer: Chief Financial Officer 1 HSN DRIVE, ST. PETERSBURG FL 33729
Daniel J Heinrich director CLOROX CO, 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612