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Ashtead Group (Ashtead Group) Interest Coverage

: 5.16 (As of Jan. 2024)
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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. Ashtead Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $758 Mil. Ashtead Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-147 Mil. Ashtead Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 5.16. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

ASHTF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.54   Med: 9.62   Max: 10.45
Current: 6.54


ASHTF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
64.26% of 789 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.58 vs ASHTF: 6.54

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


Ashtead Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ashtead Group'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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Ashtead Group Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.21 6.62 7.39 9.78 8.20

Ashtead Group Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 7.08 6.74 7.38 7.16 5.16

Competitive Comparison

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Ashtead Group'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.


Ashtead Group Interest Coverage Distribution

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

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



Ashtead Group 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.

Ashtead Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023, Ashtead Group's Interest Expense was $-362 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2,964 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8,756 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Apr. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Apr. 2023 )
=-1*2964.3/-361.6
=8.20

Ashtead Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, Ashtead Group's Interest Expense was $-147 Mil. Its Operating Income was $758 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $10,920 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*757.5/-146.9
=5.16

* 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.


Ashtead Group  (OTCPK:ASHTF) 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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Ashtead Group (Ashtead Group) Business Description

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Address
100 Cheapside, London, GBR, EC2V 6DT
Ashtead is an equipment rental business with operations in the U.S., Canada, and United Kingdom, operating under the Sunbelt Rentals brand. Earnings are mostly derived from the U.S. where Sunbelt enjoy a number-two market position with a 13% share in a highly fragmented market consisting of national, regional, and independent competitors. Ashtead rents a range of construction, industrial, and general equipment such as aerial lifts, hand-held tools, and forklifts across its more than 1,550 rental stores worldwide.

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