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Ring Energy (Ring Energy) Interest Coverage : 3.75 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Ring Energy 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. Ring Energy's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $37.6 Mil. Ring Energy's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-10.0 Mil. Ring Energy's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.75. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

REI' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.5   Med: 7.45   Max: No Debt
Current: 3.39


REI's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
69.72% of 763 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.59 vs REI: 3.39

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


Ring Energy Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ring Energy'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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Ring Energy Interest Coverage Chart

Ring Energy 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 4.34 0.50 6.61 8.28 3.32

Ring Energy 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 4.08 2.81 3.48 3.52 3.75

Competitive Comparison of Ring Energy's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Ring Energy'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.


Ring Energy's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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

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



Ring Energy 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.

Ring Energy'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, Ring Energy's Interest Expense was $-43.9 Mil. Its Operating Income was $145.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $428.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*145.78/-43.927
=3.32

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Ring Energy's Interest Expense was $-10.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $37.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $424.8 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*37.615/-10.038
=3.75

* 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.


Ring Energy  (AMEX:REI) 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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Ring Energy (Ring Energy) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1725 Hughes Landing Boulevard, Suite 900, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 77380
Ring Energy Inc is an independent exploration and production company based in The Woodlands, Texas and is engaged in oil and natural gas development, production, acquisition, and exploration activities currently focused in the Permian Basin of Texas. The drilling operations of the company target the oil and liquids rich producing formations in the Northwest Shelf, the Central Basin Platform, and the Delaware Basin all of which are part of the Permian Basin in Texas.
Executives
John A Crum director 5400 WESTHEIMER COURT, HOUSTON TX 77056
Paul D. Mckinney director, officer: CEO and Chairman of the Board 1177 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1825, HOUSTON TX 77027
Anthony Benedict Petrelli director 6250 RAIN DANCE TRAIL, LITTLETON CO 80125
Stronghold Energy Ii Operating, Llc 10 percent owner 508 W. WALL STREET, SUITE %%), MIDLAND TX 79701
Warburg Pincus & Co Us, Llc 10 percent owner C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Warburg Pincus (e&p) Xii Llc 10 percent owner 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Richard E Harris director 2000 CHARWOOD DR, APT 2502, COLUMBUS IN 47201
William T Kruse 10 percent owner 1340 S MAIN ST., STE 300, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
David Habachy director C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Warburg Pincus (e&p) Xii, L.p. 10 percent owner 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Warburg Pincus Private Equity (e&p) Xii-d (a), L.p. 10 percent owner C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON, NEW YORK NY 10017
Wp Xii (e&p) Partners (a), L.p. 10 percent owner C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON, NEW YORK NY 10017
Warburg Pincus Xii (e&p) Partners-2, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON, NEW YORK NY 10017
Warburg Pincus Xii (e&p) Partners-1, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON, NEW YORK NY 10017
Warburg Pincus Private Equity (e&p) Xii-e (a), L.p. 10 percent owner C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC, 450 LEXINGTON, NEW YORK NY 10017

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