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PHSC (LSE:PHSC) Interest Coverage : N/A (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is PHSC 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. PHSC's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.15 Mil. PHSC's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.00 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. PHSC PLC has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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


LSE:PHSC's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Conglomerates industry.
Industry Median: 5.15
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


PHSC Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for PHSC'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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PHSC Interest Coverage Chart

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PHSC Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of PHSC's Interest Coverage

For the Conglomerates subindustry, PHSC'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.


PHSC's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, PHSC's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



PHSC 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.

PHSC'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, PHSC's Interest Expense was £0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was £0.30 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.03 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate PHSC's interest coverage with the available data.

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

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, PHSC's Interest Expense was £0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was £0.15 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.03 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate PHSC's interest coverage with the available data.

* 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.


PHSC  (LSE:PHSC) 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 .


PHSC Interest Coverage Related Terms

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PHSC (LSE:PHSC) Business Description

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Address
31 Rochester Road, The Old Church, Aylesford, Kent, GBR, ME20 7PR
PHSC PLC through its trading subsidiaries is engaged in providing health, safety, hygiene, and environmental consultancy services and security solutions to the public and private sectors. Most of the group's revenue is primarily generated by Security related products. It serves the leisure industry and carries out a statutory examination of plant and machinery through insurance brokers or directly for clients. Also, it provides consultancy and training in quality systems management. Geographically, all the business activity primarily functions across the region of the UK.

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