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Sterling Infrastructure (Sterling Infrastructure) Interest Coverage : 8.27 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sterling Infrastructure 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. Sterling Infrastructure's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $56 Mil. Sterling Infrastructure's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-7 Mil. Sterling Infrastructure's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.27. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

STRL' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.52   Med: 3.45   Max: 7.8
Current: 7.05


STRL's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
50.2% of 1263 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.06 vs STRL: 7.05

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


Sterling Infrastructure Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sterling Infrastructure'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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Sterling Infrastructure Interest Coverage Chart

Sterling Infrastructure 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 2.52 3.19 5.74 7.80 7.05

Sterling Infrastructure 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 5.89 4.36 7.80 7.89 8.27

Competitive Comparison of Sterling Infrastructure's Interest Coverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Sterling Infrastructure'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.


Sterling Infrastructure's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Sterling Infrastructure's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sterling Infrastructure 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.

Sterling Infrastructure'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, Sterling Infrastructure's Interest Expense was $-29 Mil. Its Operating Income was $207 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $353 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*206.668/-29.32
=7.05

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Sterling Infrastructure's Interest Expense was $-7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $56 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $353 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*56.289/-6.804
=8.27

* 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.


Sterling Infrastructure  (NAS:STRL) 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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Sterling Infrastructure (Sterling Infrastructure) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1800 Hughes Landing Boulevard, Suite 250, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 77380
Sterling Infrastructure Inc is a construction company that specializes in heavy civil infrastructure construction and infrastructure rehabilitation as well as residential construction projects. The company operates in three reportable segments namely, Transportation Solutions, E-Infrastructure Solutions, and Building Solution. Transportation Solutions include highways, roads, bridges, airfields, ports, light rail, and others. Building Solution projects include concrete foundations for single-family homes. E-Infrastructure Solutions include the services which are provided to large, blue-chip companies in the e-commerce, data center, distribution center, and warehousing, energy, mixed-use, and multi-family sectors. The majority of the revenue is generated from E-Infrastructure Solutions. .
Executives
Ronald A Ballschmiede officer: EVP & CFO 1800 HUGHES LANDING BLVD, SUITE 250, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Mark D. Wolf officer: General Counsel, Corporate Sec 770 SOUTH POST OAK LANE, SUITE 405, C/O U.S. WELL SERVICES, INC., HOUSTON TX 77056
Joseph A Cutillo officer: Chief Executive Officer 1800 HUGHES LANDING BLVD, SUITE 250, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Julie Dill director 1301 RIVERPLACE BOULEVARD, SUITE 2300, JACKSONVILLE FL 32207
Dwayne Andree Wilson director 6700 LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD, IRVING TX 75039
Roger A Cregg director 100 BLOOMFIELD HILL PARKWAY, STE 300, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304
Raymond F Messer director 1800 HUGHES LANDING BLVD., SUITE 250, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Dana C. O'brien director 1111 LOUISIANA STREET, HOUSTON TX 77002
Thomas M White director C/O APOLLO MANAGEMENT, 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Marian M Davenport director 1800 HUGHES LANDING BLVD., SUITE 250, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Milton L Scott director
Charles R. Patton director 1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA, COLUMBUS OH 43215
Richard O Schaum director 388 WARREN COURT, BIRMINGHAM MI 48009
Craig B Allen officer: SVP & CHRO/CCO 1800 HUGHES LANDING BLVD, STE 250, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Wadsworth Con L officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer 1800 HUGHES LANDING BLVD, SUITE 250, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380