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Horace Mann Educators (Horace Mann Educators) Interest Coverage : 6.49 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Horace Mann Educators 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 EBIT by its Interest Expense. Horace Mann Educators's EBIT for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $56 Mil. Horace Mann Educators's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-9 Mil. Horace Mann Educators's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.49. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HMN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.85   Med: 10.77   Max: 16.15
Current: 2.79


HMN's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
84.26% of 324 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.355 vs HMN: 2.79

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


Horace Mann Educators Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Horace Mann Educators'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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Horace Mann Educators Interest Coverage Chart

Horace Mann Educators Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.15 11.50 16.12 1.85 2.79

Horace Mann Educators Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 - 2.21 - 2.81 6.49

Competitive Comparison of Horace Mann Educators's Interest Coverage

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Horace Mann Educators'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.


Horace Mann Educators's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Horace Mann Educators's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Horace Mann Educators's Interest Coverage falls into.



Horace Mann Educators 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 EBIT is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and EBIT 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.

Horace Mann Educators'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, Horace Mann Educators's Interest Expense was $-30 Mil. Its EBIT was $83 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $546 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*83/-29.7
=2.79

Horace Mann Educators's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Horace Mann Educators's Interest Expense was $-9 Mil. Its EBIT was $56 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $546 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*55.8/-8.6
=6.49

* 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.


Horace Mann Educators  (NYSE:HMN) 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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Horace Mann Educators (Horace Mann Educators) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1 Horace Mann Plaza, Springfield, IL, USA, 62715-0001
Horace Mann Educators Corp is a diversified insurance holding company that markets and underwrites personal lines of property and casualty insurance, retirement annuities, and life insurance. The company's property and casualty operations focus on automobile and homeowner insurance, while the retirement annuities are 403(b) tax-qualified products. Horace Mann Educators markets its products to kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers, administrators, and other employees of public schools and their families. The company uses several former teachers in its salesforce. Its segments include Property and Casualty, Supplemental & Group Benefits, Life & Retirement and Corporate and Other.
Executives
Beverley J. Mcclure director C/O HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION, 1 HORACE MANN PLAZA, SPRINGFIELD IL 62715
Victor Fetter director 4828 PARKWAY PLAZA, CHARLOTTE NC 28217
Aaliyah A Samuel director C/O HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION, 1 HORACE MANN PLAZA, SPRINGFIELD IL 62715
Michael Weckenbrock officer: Senior Vice President C/O HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION, 1 HORACE MANN PLAZA, SPRINGFIELD IL 62715
Stephen J Mcanena officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer C/O HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION, 1 HORACE MANN PLAZA, SPRINGFIELD IL 62715
Matthew P. Sharpe officer: Executive Vice President 1 HORACE MANN PLAZA, SPRINGFIELD IL 62715
Thomas A Bradley director 199 WATER STREET, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10038
Kimberly A Johnson officer: Vice President & Controller C/O HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION, 1 HORACE MANN PLAZA, SPRINGFIELD IL 62715
Robert Stricker director C/O HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION, 1 HORACE MANN PLAZA, SPRINGFIELD IL 62715
Marita Zuraitis director, officer: President & CEO THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC., 440 LINCOLN STREET, WORCESTER MA 01653
Elaine A Sarsynski director 312 FARMINGTON AVE, FARMINGTON CT 06032
Derik Tyson Sanders officer: Vice President C/O HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION, 1 HORACE MANN PLAZA, SPRINGFIELD IL 62715
Stephanie A Fulks officer: Senior Vice President C/O HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION, 1 HORACE MANN PLAZA, SPRINGFIELD IL 62715
Timothy A Darley officer: Senior Vice President C/O HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION, 1 HORACE MANN PLAZA, SPRINGFIELD IL 62715
Bret A Conklin officer: SVP & Controller C/O HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORP, 1 HORACE MANN PLAZA, SPRINGFIELD IL 62715

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