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Eurasia Drilling Co (LSE:EDCL) Interest Coverage : 6.82 (As of Jun. 2015)


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What is Eurasia Drilling Co 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. Eurasia Drilling Co's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was $128 Mil. Eurasia Drilling Co's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was $-19 Mil. Eurasia Drilling Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 6.82. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

LSE:EDCL' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.27   Med: 10.72   Max: 19.44
Current: 16.74


LSE:EDCL's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 6.575 vs LSE:EDCL: 16.74

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


Eurasia Drilling Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Eurasia Drilling Co'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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Eurasia Drilling Co Interest Coverage Chart

Eurasia Drilling Co Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 19.44 7.27 10.15 10.72 16.67

Eurasia Drilling Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.69 11.90 9.92 50.31 6.82

Competitive Comparison of Eurasia Drilling Co's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas Drilling subindustry, Eurasia Drilling Co'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.


Eurasia Drilling Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Eurasia Drilling Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Eurasia Drilling Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Eurasia Drilling Co 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.

Eurasia Drilling Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014, Eurasia Drilling Co's Interest Expense was $-33 Mil. Its Operating Income was $555 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $993 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2014 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2014 )
=-1*554.573/-33.266
=16.67

Eurasia Drilling Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2015, Eurasia Drilling Co's Interest Expense was $-19 Mil. Its Operating Income was $128 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $803 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2015 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2015 )
=-1*128.212/-18.808
=6.82

* 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.


Eurasia Drilling Co  (LSE:EDCL) 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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Eurasia Drilling Co (LSE:EDCL) Business Description

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Eurasia Drilling Co Ltd was incorporated on November 25, 2002 under the Law of the Cayman Islands. The Company is engaged in providing exploratory and developmental drilling and oil and gas field services to companies operating within the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Iraq and the Caspian Sea region. The Company operates in two operating and geographical segments: onshore drilling conducted in the CIS and off-shore drilling conducted in the Caspian Sea.

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