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Italtile (JSE:ITE) Interest Coverage : 27.95 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Italtile 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. Italtile's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was R1,146 Mil. Italtile's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was R-41 Mil. Italtile's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 27.95. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

JSE:ITE' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.32   Med: 43.16   Max: 1048
Current: 24.51


JSE:ITE's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
73.08% of 754 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 7.83 vs JSE:ITE: 24.51

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


Italtile Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Italtile'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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Italtile Interest Coverage Chart

Italtile Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.46 13.32 43.17 43.14 28.21

Italtile Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 53.46 34.89 36.21 21.30 27.95

Competitive Comparison of Italtile's Interest Coverage

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Italtile'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.


Italtile's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Italtile's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Italtile 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.

Italtile's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, Italtile's Interest Expense was R-82 Mil. Its Operating Income was R2,313 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R862 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*2313/-82
=28.21

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Italtile's Interest Expense was R-41 Mil. Its Operating Income was R1,146 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R394 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1146/-41
=27.95

* 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.


Italtile  (JSE:ITE) 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 .


Italtile Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Italtile (JSE:ITE) Business Description

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Address
Corner William Nicol Drive and Peter Place, The Italtile Building, Bryanston, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2021
Italtile Ltd is a South Africa-based retailer of imported and local ceramic tiles, bathroom accessories, and related products. Its core business segments into five areas: retail, franchising, properties, manufacturing, and supply and support services. The company's four brands - Italtile, CTM, topT, and U-Light -provide tiles, bath fixtures, home finishing products, lighting, and other accessories. Its manufacturing includes the production of tiles, sanitaryware, baths, adhesive and related products. Italtile derives the majority of its pretax profit from South Africa, predominantly from its retail segment and secondarily from its manufacturing operations.

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