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Heavitree Brewery (LSE:HVT) Interest Coverage : 3.53 (As of Oct. 2023)


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What is Heavitree Brewery 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. Heavitree Brewery's Operating Income for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was £0.30 Mil. Heavitree Brewery's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was £-0.09 Mil. Heavitree Brewery's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was 3.53. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

LSE:HVT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.87   Med: 8.31   Max: 10.35
Current: 5.01


LSE:HVT's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
59.92% of 262 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 7.135 vs LSE:HVT: 5.01

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


Heavitree Brewery Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Heavitree Brewery'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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Heavitree Brewery Interest Coverage Chart

Heavitree Brewery Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.57 1.87 - 10.35 5.01

Heavitree Brewery Semi-Annual Data
Apr14 Oct14 Apr15 Oct15 Apr16 Oct16 Apr17 Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23
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 4.75 8.70 12.09 6.62 3.53

Competitive Comparison of Heavitree Brewery's Interest Coverage

For the Restaurants subindustry, Heavitree Brewery'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.


Heavitree Brewery's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Heavitree Brewery's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Heavitree Brewery's Interest Coverage falls into.



Heavitree Brewery 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.

Heavitree Brewery's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023, Heavitree Brewery's Interest Expense was £-0.17 Mil. Its Operating Income was £0.83 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.09 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Oct. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Oct. 2023 )
=-1*0.827/-0.165
=5.01

Heavitree Brewery's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Oct. 2023, Heavitree Brewery's Interest Expense was £-0.09 Mil. Its Operating Income was £0.30 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.09 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Oct. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Oct. 2023 )
=-1*0.304/-0.086
=3.53

* 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.


Heavitree Brewery  (LSE:HVT) 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 .


Heavitree Brewery Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Heavitree Brewery (LSE:HVT) Business Description

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Heavitree Brewery, Trood Lane, Matford, Exeter, GBR, EX2 8YP
Heavitree Brewery PLC is a UK-based company engaged in the business of leasing and operating public houses. Its geographical segments include the United Kingdom and the United States. The firm mainly involves running and developing tenanted and leased estate. The company owns over 60 pubs which include The Anchor Inn, The Ashcott Inn, The Atmospheric Railway, The Beach Hotel, The Bell Inn, The Brunswick Arms, and others. It also owns land in the United States through its subsidiary while the majority of its revenues are generated from the pubs that it owns in the United Kingdom.

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