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Abacus Storage King (ASX:ASK) Interest Coverage : 2.92 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Abacus Storage King 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. Abacus Storage King's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$43.53 Mil. Abacus Storage King's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-14.92 Mil. Abacus Storage King's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.92. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

ASX:ASK' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.92   Med: 12.47   Max: 16.48
Current: 2.92


ASX:ASK's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
50.15% of 668 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.935 vs ASX:ASK: 2.92

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


Abacus Storage King Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Abacus Storage King'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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Abacus Storage King Interest Coverage Chart

Abacus Storage King Annual Data
Trend Jun21 Jun22
Interest Coverage
8.45 16.48

Abacus Storage King Semi-Annual Data
Jun21 Jun22 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage N/A N/A 9.82 2.92

Competitive Comparison of Abacus Storage King's Interest Coverage

For the REIT - Industrial subindustry, Abacus Storage King'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.


Abacus Storage King's Interest Coverage Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Abacus Storage King's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Abacus Storage King's Interest Coverage falls into.



Abacus Storage King 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.

Abacus Storage King's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2022, Abacus Storage King's Interest Expense was A$-4.63 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$76.31 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$159.24 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2022 )
=-1*76.305/-4.63
=16.48

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Abacus Storage King's Interest Expense was A$-14.92 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$43.53 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$965.71 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*43.528/-14.919
=2.92

* 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.


Abacus Storage King  (ASX:ASK) 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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Abacus Storage King (ASX:ASK) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
77 Castlereagh Street, Level 13, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Abacus Storage King REIT is a self-storage REIT. It owns, operates, and manages a self-storage operating platform and an investment portfolio comprising self-storage properties and other investments across Australia and New Zealand.

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