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Franchise Group (FRA:3HC) Interest Coverage : 0.27 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Franchise Group 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. Franchise Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2023 was €21 Mil. Franchise Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2023 was €-77 Mil. Franchise Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 0.27. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

FRA:3HC' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.47   Med: 9.12   Max: 25.7
Current: 0.47


FRA:3HC's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 7.78 vs FRA:3HC: 0.47

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


Franchise Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Franchise Group'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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Franchise Group Interest Coverage Chart

Franchise Group Annual Data
Trend Apr13 Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.94 N/A 0.54 1.70 0.86

Franchise Group Quarterly Data
Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23
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 0.87 0.72 0.41 0.56 0.27

Competitive Comparison of Franchise Group's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Franchise Group'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.


Franchise Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Franchise Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Franchise Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Franchise Group 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.

Franchise Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, Franchise Group's Interest Expense was €-321 Mil. Its Operating Income was €275 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €2,079 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*274.899/-320.943
=0.86

Franchise Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2023, Franchise Group's Interest Expense was €-77 Mil. Its Operating Income was €21 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €2,124 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*20.768/-76.945
=0.27

* 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.


Franchise Group  (FRA:3HC) 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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Franchise Group (FRA:3HC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
109 Innovation Court, Suite J, Delaware, OH, USA, 43015
Franchise Group Inc is a personal services company that provides retail federal and state income tax preparation services and related tax settlement products. The vast majority of these offices operate in the United States under the Liberty Tax Service and SiempreTax+ brand names. Liberty Tax also provides online do-it-yourself tax programs within the U.S. The sale of financial products and tax preparation service fees also contribute to sizable percentages of the company's total income. Liberty Tax also operates a smaller portfolio of wholly-owned company offices. The company's reportable segments are Vitamin Shoppe, Pet Supplies Plus, Badcock, American Freight, Buddy's and Sylvan.

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