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SinterCast AB (OSTO:SINT) Interest Coverage : 74.00 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is SinterCast AB 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. SinterCast AB's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr7.4 Mil. SinterCast AB's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr-0.1 Mil. SinterCast AB's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 74.00. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. SinterCast AB has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

OSTO:SINT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 58   Med: 99   Max: 298
Current: 141


OSTO:SINT's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
84.09% of 2281 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 13.77 vs OSTO:SINT: 141.00

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


SinterCast AB Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for SinterCast AB'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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SinterCast AB Interest Coverage Chart

SinterCast AB 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 102.00 58.00 59.00 72.75 103.50

SinterCast AB Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 65.00 N/A 143.00 144.00 74.00

Competitive Comparison of SinterCast AB's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, SinterCast AB'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.


SinterCast AB's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, SinterCast AB's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



SinterCast AB 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.

SinterCast AB'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, SinterCast AB's Interest Expense was kr-0.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr41.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr0.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*41.4/-0.4
=103.50

SinterCast AB's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, SinterCast AB's Interest Expense was kr-0.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr7.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr0.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*7.4/-0.1
=74.00

* 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.


SinterCast AB  (OSTO:SINT) 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 .


SinterCast AB Interest Coverage Related Terms

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SinterCast AB (OSTO:SINT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Kungsgatan 2, Technical Centre, Katrineholm, SWE, 641 30
SinterCast AB is a supplier of process control technology for the reliable high-volume production of Compacted Graphite Iron (CGI). The company has classified its revenue that is Equipment, which includes sold and leased systems, mini-systems, and spare parts; Series Production includes consumables, production fees, and software license fees; Engineering Services, which includes performed engineering services, demonstrations, and sales of test pieces; and Group Sales, which represent delivery to foreign subsidiaries of equipment, and engineering service. The sales of the Series Production category generate maximum revenue for the company. Geographically, it derives the majority of its revenue from Brazil followed by Mexico.