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Anglogold Ashanti (Anglogold Ashanti) Interest Coverage

: 2.95 (As of Jun. 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. Anglogold Ashanti's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was $221 Mil. Anglogold Ashanti's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was $-75 Mil. Anglogold Ashanti's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 2.95. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

AU' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.81   Med: 4.58   Max: 56.6
Current: 3.9


AU's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
88.54% of 1344 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs AU: 3.90

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


Anglogold Ashanti Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Anglogold Ashanti'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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Anglogold Ashanti Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.19 3.64 9.72 7.26 5.52

Anglogold Ashanti Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
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 8.05 6.47 6.52 4.75 2.95

Competitive Comparison

For the Gold subindustry, Anglogold Ashanti'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.


Anglogold Ashanti Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Anglogold Ashanti's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Anglogold Ashanti's Interest Coverage falls into.



Anglogold Ashanti 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.

Anglogold Ashanti's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, Anglogold Ashanti's Interest Expense was $-149 Mil. Its Operating Income was $823 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,067 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*823/-149
=5.52

Anglogold Ashanti's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2023, Anglogold Ashanti's Interest Expense was $-75 Mil. Its Operating Income was $221 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,002 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*221/-75
=2.95

* 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.


Anglogold Ashanti  (NYSE:AU) 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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Anglogold Ashanti (Anglogold Ashanti) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
112 Oxford Road, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2198
Anglogold Ashanti PLC is one of the gold miners. The company also produces silver and sulphuric acid as by-products. Its operating divisions are Africa, Australia, and the Americas. The firm generates a majority of its revenue from Africa which includes Ghana, Guinea, Mali, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania.

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