Glencore (LSE:GLEN) Interest Coverage : 2.39 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Glencore 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. Glencore's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £2,553 Mil. Glencore's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £-1,070 Mil. Glencore's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.39. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

LSE:GLEN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.16 Med: 3.31 Max: 14.02
Current: 3.46

LSE:GLEN's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
90.19% of 1345 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs LSE:GLEN: 3.46

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

Glencore Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Glencore'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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Glencore Interest Coverage Chart

Glencore Annual Data

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Dec16

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Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

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Dec23

Interest Coverage

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1.69

1.28

7.71

14.02

3.46

Glencore 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															9.61	19.44	10.17	4.71	2.39

Competitive Comparison of Glencore's Interest Coverage

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Glencore'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.

Glencore's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Glencore's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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

Glencore 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.

Glencore'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, Glencore's Interest Expense was £-1,987 Mil. Its Operating Income was £6,872 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £16,807 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )	/	Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	-1	*	6872.21	/	-1986.85
	=	3.46

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Glencore's Interest Expense was £-1,070 Mil. Its Operating Income was £2,553 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £16,807 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	-1	*	2553.28	/	-1070.45
	=	2.39

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

Glencore (LSE:GLEN) 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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Glencore is one of the world's largest commodities traders, active in markets for metals and minerals, energy products, and agricultural goods. The firm's Marketing business provides sourcing, logistics, transportation, storage, and financing services to commodity producers and consumers around the globe. Core exposures are in the production of thermal coal, coking coal, copper, zinc, nickel, cobalt, and ferroalloys. Unlike other major miners, Glencore plans to produce thermal coal until its mines exhaust, arguing that it is better for listed, western companies to own these assets and then rehabilitate them consistent with western standards. It has also agreed to buy Teck's metallurgical coal business, with the deal likely closing in the third quarter of 2024.

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