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AZZ (AZZ) Interest Coverage

: 2.04 (As of Nov. 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. AZZ's Operating Income for the three months ended in Nov. 2023 was $53 Mil. AZZ's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Nov. 2023 was $-26 Mil. AZZ's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 2.04. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

AZZ' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.96   Med: 6.62   Max: 12.45
Current: 1.97


AZZ's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
88.47% of 789 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.4 vs AZZ: 1.97

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


AZZ Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for AZZ'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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AZZ Annual Data
Trend Feb14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.14 7.28 6.72 12.45 1.96

AZZ Quarterly Data
Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23
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 1.74 1.34 2.28 2.20 2.04

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, AZZ'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.


AZZ Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, AZZ's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



AZZ 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.

AZZ's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023, AZZ's Interest Expense was $-89 Mil. Its Operating Income was $174 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,079 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Feb. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Feb. 2023 )
=-1*173.638/-88.8
=1.96

AZZ's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Nov. 2023, AZZ's Interest Expense was $-26 Mil. Its Operating Income was $53 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $997 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Nov. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Nov. 2023 )
=-1*52.824/-25.855
=2.04

* 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.


AZZ  (NYSE:AZZ) 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 .


AZZ Interest Coverage Related Terms

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AZZ (AZZ) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3100 West 7th Street, Suite 500, One Museum Place, Fort Worth, TX, USA, 76107
AZZ Inc is a provider of galvanizing and a variety of metal coating solutions and coil coating solutions to a broad range of end markets in North America. In its Metal Coatings segment, the company offers metal finishing services to protect against corrosion, such as hot dip galvanizing, spin galvanizing, powder coating, anodizing, and plating. The Precoat Metals Segment offers aesthetic and corrosion-resistant coatings for steel and aluminum coils.
Executives
Tiffany Moseley officer: Chief Accounting Officer ONE MUSEUM PLACE, 3100 WEST 7TH STREET, SUITE 500, FORT WORTH TX 76107
Ken Lavelle officer: President & GM - Electrical ONE MUSEUM PLACE, 3100 W. 7TH STREET, SUITE 500, FORT WORTH TX 76107
Kurt L. Russell officer: COO - Precoat Metals ONE MUSEUM PLACE, 3100 WEST 7TH STREET, SUITE 500, FORT WORTH TX 76107
Philip A Schlom officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer C/O PARKER DRILLING COMPANY, 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 100, HOUSTON TX 77046
Thomas E Ferguson director, officer: President and CEO ONE MUSEUM PLACE, SUITE 500, 3100 WEST 7TH STREET, FORT WORTH TX 76107
David Kaden director C/O BLACKSTONE INC., 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
Tara D Mackey officer: VP Chief Legal Officer ONE MUSEUM PLACE, SUITE 500, 3100 WEST 7TH STREET, FORT WORTH TX 76116
Bryan Lee Stovall officer: SVP - Metal Coatings ONE MUSEUM PLACE, SUITE 500, 3100 WEST 7TH STREET, FORT WORTH TX 76107
Clive A Grannum director OLIN CORPORATION, 190 CARONDELET PLAZA, SUITE 1530, CLAYTON MO 63105
Carol R Jackson director 777 E. WISCONSIN AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Gary L. Hill officer: President & GM-Industrial ONE MUSEUM PLACE, 3100 W. 7TH STREET, SUITE 500, FORT WORTH TX 76107
Michael Doucet officer: SVP - Alternative Coatings ONE MUSEUM PLACE, 3100 W. 7TH STREET, SUITE 500, FORT WORTH TX 76107
Kevern R Joyce director ONE MUSEUM PLACE, SUITE 500, 3100 WEST 7TH STREET, FORT WORTH TX 76107
Paul Wesley Fehlman other: Finance ONE MUSEUM PLACE, SUITE 500, 3100 WEST 7TH STREET, FORT WORTH TX 76107
Matthew Varley Emery officer: VP CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER ONE MUSEUM PLACE, SUITE 500, 3100 WEST 7TH STREET, FORT WORTH TX 76107