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Somero Enterprises (LSE:SOM) Interest Coverage : 2,328.83 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Somero Enterprises 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. Somero Enterprises's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £13.97 Mil. Somero Enterprises's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £-0.01 Mil. Somero Enterprises's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2,328.83. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Somero Enterprises Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

LSE:SOM' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 91.71   Med: 536.9   Max: 2359
Current: 1771.47


LSE:SOM's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
96.84% of 158 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 9.905 vs LSE:SOM: 1771.47

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


Somero Enterprises Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Somero Enterprises'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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Somero Enterprises Interest Coverage Chart

Somero Enterprises 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 634.28 537.82 998.41 2,359.00 1,769.33

Somero Enterprises 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 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 1,031.06 2,621.29 2,404.71 1,399.89 2,328.83

Competitive Comparison of Somero Enterprises's Interest Coverage

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Somero Enterprises'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.


Somero Enterprises's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Somero Enterprises's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Somero Enterprises 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.

Somero Enterprises'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, Somero Enterprises's Interest Expense was £-0.02 Mil. Its Operating Income was £26.54 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £1.12 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*26.54/-0.015
=1,769.33

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Somero Enterprises's Interest Expense was £-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income was £13.97 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £1.12 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*13.973/-0.006
=2,328.83

* 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.


Somero Enterprises  (LSE:SOM) 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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Somero Enterprises (LSE:SOM) Business Description

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Address
14530 Global Parkway, Fort Myers, FL, USA, 33913
Somero Enterprises Inc provides concrete placing solutions. The company provides concrete-leveling equipment, training, education, & support to its customers. Its products include CopperHead, Mini Screed C, S-840, S-15R, S-22E, S-485, S-940, S-10A, & the S-158 Laser Screed machines; STS-11M Topping Spreader; as well as the 3-D Profiler System software, the Somero Floor Levelness System, & the SP-16 Concrete Hose Line-Pulling & Placing System. Its revenues are derived from sales of Boomed screed products, Ride-on screed products, Remanufactured machines sales, 3-D Profiler System, & sales of parts & accessories, other equipment, service, training, & shipping charges. Geographically, it operates in North America, EMEA & ROW (Australia, Latin America, India, China, Korea, & Southeast Asia).

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