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POSCO Holdings (POSCO Holdings) Interest Coverage

: 0.08 (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. POSCO Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $218 Mil. POSCO Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2,644 Mil. POSCO Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.08. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

PKX' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.84   Med: 4.91   Max: 21.43
Current: 0.85


PKX's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
92.31% of 468 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 5.99 vs PKX: 0.85

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


POSCO Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for POSCO Holdings'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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POSCO Holdings 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 5.35 3.85 21.43 8.07 0.84

POSCO Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 - 3.06 5.22 4.73 0.08

Competitive Comparison

For the Steel subindustry, POSCO Holdings'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.


POSCO Holdings Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, POSCO Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



POSCO Holdings 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.

POSCO Holdings'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, POSCO Holdings's Interest Expense was $-3,222 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2,694 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $11,508 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2693.693/-3222.182
=0.84

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, POSCO Holdings's Interest Expense was $-2,644 Mil. Its Operating Income was $218 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $11,508 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*217.525/-2644.455
=0.08

* 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.


POSCO Holdings  (NYSE:PKX) 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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POSCO Holdings (POSCO Holdings) Business Description

Address
POSCO Center, 440 Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, KOR, 06194
POSCO Holdings Inc is a holding company and operates through its subsidiaries. The company's operating segments are 1) Steel Segment includes the production and sale of steel products. 2) Green Infrastructure Business includes the provision of infrastructure and related services. The segment is divided into three operations, Trading Segment consists trading and natural resources development activities. Construction Segment consists planning, designing and construction of industrial plants, civil engineering projects and buildings. The energy and Other Segment consists power generation and information technology and operational technology services. 3) Green Materials and Energy Segment include manufacturing and sale of energy-related and other industrial materials, 4) Others Segment.