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Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (BSP:USIM3) Interest Coverage : 0.37 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais 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. Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was R$70 Mil. Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was R$-188 Mil. Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.37. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:USIM3' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.32   Med: 2.66   Max: 47.74
Current: 0.32


BSP:USIM3's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
96.77% of 465 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 6.12 vs BSP:USIM3: 0.32

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


Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais'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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Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais Interest Coverage Chart

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais 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 1.96 5.26 47.74 6.53 1.02

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Interest Coverage

For the Steel subindustry, Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais'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.


Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Interest Coverage falls into.



Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais 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.

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais'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, Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Interest Expense was R$-691 Mil. Its Operating Income was R$703 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$5,855 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*702.825/-691.049
=1.02

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Interest Expense was R$-188 Mil. Its Operating Income was R$70 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$5,969 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*70.26/-188.462
=0.37

* 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.


Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais  (BSP:USIM3) 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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Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (BSP:USIM3) Business Description

Address
Rua Professor Jose Vieira de Mendonca, 3.011 - Engenho Nogueira, Belo Horizonte, MG, BRA, 31310-260
Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA is a Brazil-based company that is primarily engaged in the production and distribution of flat steel products. The company's product portfolio consists of ordinary heavy plates, Sincron series premium heavy plates, hot strips, cold-rolled products, and galvanized products. These products are used in automotive, civil construction, railway, electric, white goods, offshore platforms, and agricultural and construction machinery. The Brazilian domestic market represents the majority of the company's sales, while the United States, Argentina, and Turkey are the three biggest export destination markets for the company.

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