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TGS ASA (OSL:TGS) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is TGS ASA 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. TGS ASA's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was kr130 Mil. TGS ASA's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was kr14 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

OSL:TGS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.75   Med: 53.93   Max: 449.12
Current: 5.8


OSL:TGS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
54.8% of 761 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.72 vs OSL:TGS: 5.80

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


TGS ASA Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for TGS ASA'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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TGS ASA Interest Coverage Chart

TGS ASA 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 53.93 - - 28.66 5.75

TGS ASA Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 - - 6.47 15.26 -

Competitive Comparison of TGS ASA's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, TGS ASA'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.


TGS ASA's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, TGS ASA's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



TGS ASA 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.

TGS ASA'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, TGS ASA's Interest Expense was kr-112 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr642 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr436 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*642.342/-111.644
=5.75

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, TGS ASA's Interest Expense was kr14 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr130 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr436 Mil.

* 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.


TGS ASA  (OSL:TGS) 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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TGS ASA (OSL:TGS) Business Description

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Address
Askekroken 11, Oslo, NOR, 0277
TGS ASA provides geoscientific data products and services to the oil and gas industry to assist with licensing rounds and the preparation of regional data programs. It invests in multiclient data projects in frontier, emerging, and mature markets worldwide to develop a library of seismic imaging, well data, and interpretive products and services. Reportable segments are Western Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, Digital Energy Solutions, Data Acquisition and Others. The company offers interpretation studies and services that integrate seismic, well logs, biostratigraphic data, core data and other geoscientific data to create basin-wide regional frameworks. TGS' geoscientists also contract consulting work in geology, geophysics, and petrophysics. Majority revenue comes from Latin America.

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