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Buzzi Spa (MIL:BZU) Interest Coverage

: 7.30 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Buzzi Spa's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was €556 Mil. Buzzi Spa's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was €-76 Mil. Buzzi Spa's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.30. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

MIL:BZU' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.74   Med: 6.2   Max: 13.99
Current: 9.61


MIL:BZU's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
57.84% of 306 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 6.905 vs MIL:BZU: 9.61

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


Buzzi Spa Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Buzzi Spa'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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Buzzi Spa Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.74 9.85 12.78 13.99 9.61

Buzzi Spa 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.13 11.06 16.75 16.09 7.30

Competitive Comparison

For the Building Materials subindustry, Buzzi Spa'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.


Buzzi Spa Interest Coverage Distribution

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

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



Buzzi Spa 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.

Buzzi Spa'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, Buzzi Spa's Interest Expense was €-103 Mil. Its Operating Income was €995 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €395 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*994.978/-103.489
=9.61

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Buzzi Spa's Interest Expense was €-76 Mil. Its Operating Income was €556 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €395 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*555.986/-76.201
=7.30

* 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.


Buzzi Spa  (MIL:BZU) 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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Buzzi Spa (MIL:BZU) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Via Luigi Buzzi, 6, Casale Monferrato, ITA, 15033
Buzzi Spa manufactures and sells cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates. The company operates in two segments by product: cement and concrete/aggregates. The cement segment generates the majority of revenue, sells cement and cement-related products to the construction and building industries. The concrete and aggregates segment sells concrete and aggregates from hundreds of firm-owned concrete batch plants and aggregate quarries. The vast majority of Buzzi Unicem's revenue comes from the United States of America.

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