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Encore Wire (Encore Wire) Interest Coverage

: No Debt (1) (As of Dec. 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. Encore Wire's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $80 Mil. Encore Wire's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. Encore Wire has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Encore Wire Corp has no debt.

(1) 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.

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

WIRE' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 196.85   Med: No Debt   Max: No Debt
Current: No Debt


WIRE's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.61% of 2301 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 13.49 vs WIRE: No Debt

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


Encore Wire Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Encore Wire'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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Encore Wire Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Encore Wire Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only No Debt No Debt No Debt No Debt No Debt

Competitive Comparison

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Encore Wire'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.


Encore Wire Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Encore Wire's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Encore Wire's Interest Coverage falls into.



Encore Wire 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.

Encore Wire'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, Encore Wire's Interest Expense was $0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $451 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0 Mil.

Encore Wire had no debt (1).

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Encore Wire's Interest Expense was $0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $80 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0 Mil.

Encore Wire had no debt (1).

* 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.


Encore Wire  (NAS:WIRE) 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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Encore Wire (Encore Wire) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1329 Millwood Road, McKinney, TX, USA, 75069
Encore Wire Corp is engaged in manufacturing electrical building wire and cable. It supplies building wire for interior electrical wiring in commercial and industrial buildings, homes, apartments, and manufactured housing. The company's principal customers are wholesale electrical distributors, who sell building wire and a variety of other products to electrical contractors. Encore offers an electrical building wire product line that consists primarily of NM-B cable, UF-B cable, THHN/THWN-2, XHHW-2, RHH/RHW-2, and other types of wire products, including tray cable, metal-clad, and armored cable.
Executives
William Kelvin Walker director 1329 MILLWOOD ROAD, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Matthew D. Ford officer: Controller 1329 MILLWOOD ROAD, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Daniel L Jones director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Bret J Eckert officer: Vice President - Finance & CFO P O BOX 650205, DALLAS TX 75265
Gregory J Fisher director 14643 DALLAS PAKWAY, STE 1000, DALLAS TX 75254-8890
Scott D Weaver director C/O WESTERN REFINING, INC., 6500 TROWBRIDGE DRIVE, EL PASO TX 79905
Thomas William R Iii director 12900 PRESTON ROAD, SUITE 700, DALLAS TX 75230
John H Wilson director 12900 PRESTON RD, STE 700, DALLAS TX 75230
Gina A. Norris director 1329 MILLWOOD ROAD, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Frank J Bilban officer: Vice President - Finance & CFO 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Donald Eugene Courtney director
Capital Southwest Corp director 8333 DOUGLAS AVE, SUITE 1100, DALLAS TX 75225
Norman R Medlen officer: Controller 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Cunningham Thomas Lee Iii director
Joseph M Brito director 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069