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Palfinger AG (WBO:PAL) Interest Coverage : 4.85 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Palfinger AG 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. Palfinger AG's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was €97 Mil. Palfinger AG's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was €-20 Mil. Palfinger AG's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.85. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

WBO:PAL' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.53   Med: 7.58   Max: 10.86
Current: 5.79


WBO:PAL's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
66.46% of 158 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 9.65 vs WBO:PAL: 5.79

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


Palfinger AG Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Palfinger AG'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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Palfinger AG Interest Coverage Chart

Palfinger AG 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 8.77 7.20 10.86 9.78 5.53

Palfinger AG Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 7.66 14.27 7.50 7.06 4.85

Competitive Comparison of Palfinger AG's Interest Coverage

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Palfinger AG'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.


Palfinger AG's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Palfinger AG's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Palfinger AG's Interest Coverage falls into.



Palfinger AG 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.

Palfinger AG'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, Palfinger AG's Interest Expense was €-36 Mil. Its Operating Income was €202 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €606 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*201.657/-36.468
=5.53

Palfinger AG's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Palfinger AG's Interest Expense was €-20 Mil. Its Operating Income was €97 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €606 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*97.31/-20.064
=4.85

* 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.


Palfinger AG  (WBO:PAL) 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 .


Palfinger AG Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Palfinger AG (WBO:PAL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Lamprechtshausener Bundesstrasse 8, Bergheim, AUT, 5101
Palfinger is an Austrian manufacturing company that offers cranes, forklifts, truck bodies, and lifting equipment for land and water vehicles. Palfinger has two operating segments: Sales & Service and Segment Operations. Segment sales & service comprises the sales and service units. The segment operations comprise the production sites and the respective production share of the company. It earns the majority of revenue from the sales & service segment. Palfinger sells its products worldwide but segments geographically into six regions: Europe, Middle East, & Africa; North America; Latin America; Eurasia; Asia-Pacific; and Marine. Business in Europe, the Middle East, & the Africa region generates the majority of the company's revenue.
Executives
Alexander Susanek Board of Directors
Felix Strohbichler Board of Directors
Gerhard Rauch Supervisory Board
Andreas Klauser Board of Directors

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