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IBU-tec advanced materials AG (XTER:IBU) Interest Coverage : 3.95 (As of Dec. 2022)


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What is IBU-tec advanced materials AG 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. IBU-tec advanced materials AG's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2022 was €0.51 Mil. IBU-tec advanced materials AG's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2022 was €-0.13 Mil. IBU-tec advanced materials AG's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was 3.95. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for IBU-tec advanced materials AG's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

XTER:IBU' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.96   Med: 6.36   Max: 55.91
Current: 6.89


XTER:IBU's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
59.49% of 1175 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.88 vs XTER:IBU: 6.89

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


IBU-tec advanced materials AG Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for IBU-tec advanced materials AG'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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IBU-tec advanced materials AG Interest Coverage Chart

IBU-tec advanced materials AG Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 4.74 4.50 1.96 6.89 -

IBU-tec advanced materials AG Semi-Annual Data
Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 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 - 7.60 9.42 3.95 N/A

Competitive Comparison of IBU-tec advanced materials AG's Interest Coverage

For the Chemicals subindustry, IBU-tec advanced materials AG'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.


IBU-tec advanced materials AG's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, IBU-tec advanced materials AG's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where IBU-tec advanced materials AG's Interest Coverage falls into.



IBU-tec advanced materials AG 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.

IBU-tec advanced materials AG'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, IBU-tec advanced materials AG's Interest Expense was €-0.44 Mil. Its Operating Income was €-1.79 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €8.48 Mil.

IBU-tec advanced materials AG did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

IBU-tec advanced materials AG's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2022, IBU-tec advanced materials AG's Interest Expense was €-0.13 Mil. Its Operating Income was €0.51 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €6.37 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*0.513/-0.13
=3.95

* 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.


IBU-tec advanced materials AG  (XTER:IBU) 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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IBU-tec advanced materials AG (XTER:IBU) Business Description

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Address
Hainweg 9-11, Weimar, TH, DEU, 99425
IBU-tec advanced materials AG is a provider of custom development and production services by means of thermal process technology in the field of the inorganic chemical industry. The company offers services such as Material development and analytics, Process trials and scale-up, Tolling services, Process, and plant optimization, among others.
Executives
Ulrich Weitz Board of Directors

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