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Ormat Technologies (Ormat Technologies) Interest Coverage : 2.06 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Ormat Technologies 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. Ormat Technologies's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $53.0 Mil. Ormat Technologies's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-25.8 Mil. Ormat Technologies's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.06. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

ORA' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.72   Med: 2.35   Max: 3.82
Current: 1.72


ORA's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
69.23% of 325 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 2.98 vs ORA: 1.72

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


Ormat Technologies Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ormat Technologies'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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Ormat Technologies Interest Coverage Chart

Ormat Technologies 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 2.41 2.48 2.05 2.12 1.72

Ormat Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 2.56 2.25 0.99 1.59 2.06

Competitive Comparison of Ormat Technologies's Interest Coverage

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Ormat Technologies'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.


Ormat Technologies's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Ormat Technologies's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ormat Technologies 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.

Ormat Technologies'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, Ormat Technologies's Interest Expense was $-98.9 Mil. Its Operating Income was $170.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,811.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*170.318/-98.881
=1.72

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Ormat Technologies's Interest Expense was $-25.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $53.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,811.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*53.043/-25.803
=2.06

* 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.


Ormat Technologies  (NYSE:ORA) 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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Ormat Technologies (Ormat Technologies) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6140 Plumas Street, Reno, NV, USA, 89519-6075
Ormat Technologies Inc is engaged in the geothermal energy power business. The company is engaged in three business segments: 1) Electricity Segment. where the company develops, builds, owns and operates geothermal, solar PV and recovered energy-based power plants in the United States and geothermal power plants in other countries and sell the electricity generated. 2) Product Segment includes designing, manufacturing and selling equipment for geothermal and recovered energy-based electricity generation and providing services relating to the engineering, procurement and construction of geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants. 3) Energy Storage Segment includes owning and operating grid-connected which provide capacity, energy and ancillary services directly to the electric grid.
Executives
Dafna Sharir director C/O AMPAL AMERICAN ISRAEL CORP, 111 ARLOZOROV STREET, TEL AVIV ISREL L3 00000
Isaac Angel officer: CEO Appointee 2099 GATEWAY PLACE, SUITE 600 CA 95110
Doron Blachar officer: CFO 6225 NEIL ROAD, RENO NV 89511
Stanley Stern director C/O THCG, INC, 650 MADISON AVENUE, 21ST FL, NEW YORK NY 10022
Orix Corp 10 percent owner WORLD TRADE CENTER BLDG., SOUTH TOWER, 2-4-1 HAMAMATSU-CHO, MINATO-KU, TOKYO M0 105 5135
Byron G. Wong director 2 TRAILS END, WESTPORT CT 06880
David Granot director 6225 NEIL ROAD, RENO NV 89511
Shimon Hatzir officer: VP, Elect. & Conceptual Engin. 6225 NEIL ROAD, SUITE 300, C/O ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., RENO NV 89511
Shlomi Argas officer: V.P., Projects 6225 NEIL ROAD, RENO NV 89511
Karin Corfee director 6140 PLUMAS STREET, RENO NV 89519
Michal Marom director 6140 PLUMAS STREET, RENO NV 89519
Dan Falk director 6225 NEIL ROAD, SUITE 300, C/O ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., RENO NV 89511
Jessica Woelfel officer: General Counsel and CCO 6140 PLUMAS STREET, RENO NV 89519
Mike Nikkel director 6140 PLUMAS STREET, RENO NV 89519
Zvi Krieger officer: VP, Geothermal Enginerring 6225 NEIL ROAD, SUITE 300, C/O ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., RENO NV 89511