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Oil Search (Oil Search) Interest Coverage : 3.65 (As of Jun. 2021)


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What is Oil Search 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. Oil Search's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2021 was $241 Mil. Oil Search's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2021 was $-66 Mil. Oil Search's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 was 3.65. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies interest coverage is at least 5. Oil Search Ltd interest coverage is 1.8, which is low.

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

OISHF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.49   Med: 3.26   Max: 63.97
Current: 1.8


OISHF's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 6.59 vs OISHF: 1.80

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


Oil Search Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Oil Search'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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Oil Search Interest Coverage Chart

Oil Search Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.55 3.03 3.26 2.68 -

Oil Search Semi-Annual Data
Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21
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 2.58 2.79 - 0.04 3.65

Competitive Comparison of Oil Search's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Oil Search'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.


Oil Search's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Oil Search's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Oil Search 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.

Oil Search's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020, Oil Search's Interest Expense was $-167 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-266 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,581 Mil.

Oil Search did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Oil Search's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2021, Oil Search's Interest Expense was $-66 Mil. Its Operating Income was $241 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,557 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2021 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2021 )
=-1*241.245/-66.034
=3.65

* 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.


Oil Search  (OTCPK:OISHF) 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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Oil Search (Oil Search) Business Description

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Address
Ground Floor, Harbourside East Building, Stanley Esplanade, PO Box 842, National Capital District, Port Moresby, PNG, NCD 121
Oil Search was founded in 1929 and operates all of Papua New Guinea's oilfields. The PNG government holds a 10% interest. Oil Search had successfully run PNG oilfields since assuming operatorship from ExxonMobil in 2003. However, the tyranny of distance saw the large and high-quality gas fields largely stranded until 2014. The PNG LNG project is the first step to monetise those vast gas resources, again under the direction of ExxonMobil. First-stage construction is complete, with potential for expansion from two trains to five.

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