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Summit Materials (Summit Materials) Interest Coverage : 0.32 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Summit Materials 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. Summit Materials's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $17 Mil. Summit Materials's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-52 Mil. Summit Materials's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.32. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

SUM' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.91   Med: 1.92   Max: 3.01
Current: 2.59


SUM's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
76.14% of 306 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 6.83 vs SUM: 2.59

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


Summit Materials Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Summit Materials'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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Summit Materials Interest Coverage Chart

Summit Materials 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 1.74 2.10 2.71 3.01 2.88

Summit Materials 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 - 4.53 5.12 2.38 0.32

Competitive Comparison of Summit Materials's Interest Coverage

For the Building Materials subindustry, Summit Materials'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.


Summit Materials's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Summit Materials's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Summit Materials's Interest Coverage falls into.



Summit Materials 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.

Summit Materials'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, Summit Materials's Interest Expense was $-114 Mil. Its Operating Income was $329 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,317 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*329.153/-114.155
=2.88

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Summit Materials's Interest Expense was $-52 Mil. Its Operating Income was $17 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,851 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*16.507/-51.892
=0.32

* 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.


Summit Materials  (NYSE:SUM) 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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Summit Materials (Summit Materials) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1801 California Street, Suite 3500, Denver, CO, USA, 80202
Summit Materials Inc is an aggregates supplier and cement producer in the United States. The company sells products that include aggregates, which it supplies across the United States, and in British Columbia, Canada, and cement, which it supplies to surrounding states along the Mississippi River from Minnesota to Louisiana. In addition to supplying aggregates to customers, the company uses a portion of its materials internally to produce ready-mix concrete and asphalt paving mix, which may be sold externally or used in its paving and related services businesses. The company operates in 22 U.S. states and in British Columbia, Canada and has assets in 21 U.S. states and in British Columbia, Canada through their platforms.
Executives
Craig Scott Anderson officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 1801 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 3500, DENVER CO 80202
Christopher Burke Gaskill officer: See Remarks C/O SUMMIT MATERIALS, INC., 1550 WYNKOOP STREET, 3RD FLOOR, DENVER CO 08202
Kekin Ghelani officer: Chief Strategy&Growth Officer 1550 WYNKOOP, DENVER CO 80202
Anne K. Wade director C/O SUMMIT MATERIALS, INC., 1550 WYNKOOP STREET, 3RD FLOOR, DENVER CO 80202
John Raymond Murphy director 233 S PATTERSON AVE, SPRINGFIELD MO 65802
Anne P Noonan director, officer: President & CEO 25435 HARVARD RD, BEACHWOOD OH 44122
Tamla Oates-forney director 800 CAPITOL STREET 3000, HOUSTON TX 77002
Deon Macmillan officer: See Remarks C/O SUMMIT MATERIALS, INC., 1550 WYNKOOP STREET, 3RD FLOOR, DENVER CO 08202
Karli S. Anderson officer: See Remarks 1660 WYNKOOP STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Howard L Lance director C/O SUMMIT MATERIALS, INC., 1550 WYNKOOP STREET, 3RD FLOOR, DENVER CO 80202
Joseph S Cantie director C/O DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE, 5725 DELPHI DRIVE, TROY MI 48098
Anne Lee Benedict officer: See Remarks C/O SUMMIT MATERIALS, INC., 1550 WYNKOOP STREET, 3RD FLOOR, DENVER CO 80202
Brian James Harris officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O SUMMIT MATERIALS, INC., 1550 WYNKOOP STREET, 3RD FLOOR, DENVER CO 80202
Mikel Shane Evans officer: See Remarks C/O SUMMIT MATERIALS, INC., 1550 WYNKOOP STREET, 3RD FLOOR, DENVER CO 80202
Longleaf Partners Funds Trust 10 percent owner C/O SOUTHEASTERN ASSET MANAGEMENT, 6410 POPLAR AVE, SUITE 900, MEMPHIS TN 38119