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Lok'n Store Group (LSE:LOK) Interest Coverage : 15.39 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Lok'n Store 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. Lok'n Store Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jan. 2024 was £4.62 Mil. Lok'n Store Group's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jan. 2024 was £-0.30 Mil. Lok'n Store Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 15.39. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

LSE:LOK' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.37   Med: 6.89   Max: 14.83
Current: 5.1


LSE:LOK's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
54.86% of 1338 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 4.03 vs LSE:LOK: 5.10

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


Lok'n Store Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lok'n Store 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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Lok'n Store Group Interest Coverage Chart

Lok'n Store Group Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Interest Coverage
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Lok'n Store Group Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
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 15.50 9.84 6.63 2.77 15.39

Competitive Comparison of Lok'n Store Group's Interest Coverage

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Lok'n Store 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.


Lok'n Store Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Lok'n Store Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lok'n Store Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Lok'n Store 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.

Lok'n Store Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023, Lok'n Store Group's Interest Expense was £-2.12 Mil. Its Operating Income was £8.92 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £67.88 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jul. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jul. 2023 )
=-1*8.916/-2.115
=4.22

Lok'n Store Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jan. 2024, Lok'n Store Group's Interest Expense was £-0.30 Mil. Its Operating Income was £4.62 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £56.82 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*4.617/-0.3
=15.39

* 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.


Lok'n Store Group  (LSE:LOK) 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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Lok'n Store Group (LSE:LOK) Business Description

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Address
112 Hawley Lane, Farnborough, Hampshire, GBR, GU14 8JE
Lok'n Store Group PLC operates in the real estate industry based in the United Kingdom. Its business involves buying or leasing warehouses or industrial buildings and letting them out as self-storage units to its customers. Operating through the Self-Storage segments, the company caters to both households and business customers. Its self-storage segment accounts for the bulk of its operations with the provision of storage rooms, student storage, pallet storage, warehouse space, self-storage archiving, flexible office space, and multi-site business storage accounts.

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