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Compania Chilena de Fosforos (XSGO:FOSFOROS) Interest Coverage : 6.48 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Compania Chilena de Fosforos 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. Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was CLP3,172 Mil. Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was CLP-489 Mil. Compania Chilena de Fosforos's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.48. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Compania Chilena de Fosforos SAs earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

XSGO:FOSFOROS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.75   Med: 10.9   Max: 27.32
Current: 0.75


XSGO:FOSFOROS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
88.5% of 200 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 5.95 vs XSGO:FOSFOROS: 0.75

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


Compania Chilena de Fosforos Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Compania Chilena de Fosforos'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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Compania Chilena de Fosforos Interest Coverage Chart

Compania Chilena de Fosforos Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Compania Chilena de Fosforos Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Coverage

For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, Compania Chilena de Fosforos'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.


Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Coverage falls into.



Compania Chilena de Fosforos 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.

Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Expense was CLP-2,006 Mil. Its Operating Income was CLP1,506 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was CLP13,966 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1506.335/-2005.661
=0.75

Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Compania Chilena de Fosforos's Interest Expense was CLP-489 Mil. Its Operating Income was CLP3,172 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was CLP13,966 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3171.888/-489.164
=6.48

* 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.


Compania Chilena de Fosforos  (XSGO:FOSFOROS) 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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Compania Chilena de Fosforos (XSGO:FOSFOROS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Los Conquistadores 1700, Piso 15 Providencia, Santiago, CHL
Compania Chilena de Fosforos SA manufactures and trades safety matches. The company exports splints, matches, ice cream sticks, chopsticks, paint paddles, and other wooden microproducts to Wall Mart, Home Depot, and Unilever. It sales its products under Los Andes and Copihue brands in the national market, and for overseas its brands are Monarca and Penley.

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