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Poste Italiane SpA (Poste Italiane SpA) Interest Coverage : 21.06 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Poste Italiane SpA 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. Poste Italiane SpA's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $778 Mil. Poste Italiane SpA's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-37 Mil. Poste Italiane SpA's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 21.06. 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. Poste Italiane SpA has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

PITAF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 20.63   Med: 43.17   Max: 316.13
Current: 316.13


PITAF's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
91.71% of 398 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 5.085 vs PITAF: 316.13

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


Poste Italiane SpA Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Poste Italiane SpA'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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Poste Italiane SpA Interest Coverage Chart

Poste Italiane SpA 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 44.83 41.29 61.84 76.51 67.00

Poste Italiane SpA 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 26.45 - 18.33 - 21.06

Competitive Comparison of Poste Italiane SpA's Interest Coverage

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Poste Italiane SpA'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.


Poste Italiane SpA's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Poste Italiane SpA's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Poste Italiane SpA's Interest Coverage falls into.



Poste Italiane SpA 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.

Poste Italiane SpA'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, Poste Italiane SpA's Interest Expense was $-43 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2,850 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2849.509/-42.53
=67.00

Poste Italiane SpA's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Poste Italiane SpA's Interest Expense was $-37 Mil. Its Operating Income was $778 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*778.261/-36.957
=21.06

* 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.


Poste Italiane SpA  (OTCPK:PITAF) 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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Poste Italiane SpA (Poste Italiane SpA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Viale Europa, 190, Rome, ITA, 00144
Poste Italiane SpA is an Italian diversified financial-services company. The company's reportable segments are Mail, parcels, and distribution; Payments and mobile; Financial services; and Insurance services. The Mail, parcels, and distribution segment includes letter post, express delivery, logistics, parcels, and philately. This segment generates the most revenue for Poste Italiane SpA. Geographically, the company has a presence in Italy, but also elsewhere in Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

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