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AMR (Alpha Metallurgical Resources) Interest Coverage : 5.10 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Alpha Metallurgical Resources 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. Alpha Metallurgical Resources's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $5 Mil. Alpha Metallurgical Resources's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-1 Mil. Alpha Metallurgical Resources's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 5.10. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

AMR' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.28   Med: 5.87   Max: 124.67
Current: 89.29


AMR's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
87.98% of 466 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 5.73 vs AMR: 89.29

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


Alpha Metallurgical Resources Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alpha Metallurgical Resources'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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Alpha Metallurgical Resources Interest Coverage Chart

Alpha Metallurgical Resources Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 0.28 - 5.43 72.92 124.67

Alpha Metallurgical Resources Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 67.10 133.24 130.64 64.19 5.10

Competitive Comparison of Alpha Metallurgical Resources's Interest Coverage

For the Coking Coal subindustry, Alpha Metallurgical Resources'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.


Alpha Metallurgical Resources's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Alpha Metallurgical Resources's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alpha Metallurgical Resources's Interest Coverage falls into.



Alpha Metallurgical Resources 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.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources'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, Alpha Metallurgical Resources's Interest Expense was $-7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $863 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*863.085/-6.923
=124.67

Alpha Metallurgical Resources's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Alpha Metallurgical Resources's Interest Expense was $-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*5.309/-1.041
=5.10

* 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.


Alpha Metallurgical Resources  (NYSE:AMR) 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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Alpha Metallurgical Resources Business Description

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Address
340 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Bristol, TN, USA, 37620
Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc is a Tennessee-based coal mining company with operations across Virginia and West Virginia. The company's portfolio of mining operations consists of underground mines, surface mines and coal preparation plants. It produces low-ash metallurgical coal, including High-Vol. A, Mid-Vol., High-Vol. B, and Low-Vol. coal, which is shipped to domestic and international coke and steel producers. The reportable segments of the company are Met. It extracts, processes and markets met and thermal coal from deep and surface mines for sale to steel and coke producers, industrial customers, and electric utilities.
Executives
Roger Lee Nicholson officer: EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary C/O CONTURA ENERGY, INC., 340 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD., BRISTOL TN 37620
Michael Gorzynski director, other: See Remarks 595 MADISON AVE, FLOOR 29, NEW YORK NY 10022
Kenneth S. Courtis director 1101 1 MAY TOWER, 7 MAY ROAD, MID-LEVELS K3 #######
Jason E. Whitehead officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O CONTURA ENERGY, INC., 340 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD., BRISTOL TN 37620
David J. Stetson director C/O CONTURA ENERGY, INC., 340 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD., BRISTOL TN 37620
Daniel D Smith director C/O NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP, THREE COMMERCIAL PL, NORFOLK VA 23510-9219
Charles Andrew Eidson officer: Chief Financial Officer ONE ALPHA PLACE, P.O. BOX 16429, BRISTOL VA 24209
Daniel E. Horn officer: Executive Vice President-Sales C/O CONTURA ENERGY, INC., 340 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD., BRISTOL TN 37620
Baker De Neufville Joanna director 340 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD, BRISTOL TN 37620
Mg Capital Management Ltd. other: See Remarks C/O CAMPBELLS LLP, FLOOR 4, WILLOW HOUSE, CRICKET SQUARE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-9010
Percy Rockdale Llc other: See Remarks 595 MADISON AVENUE, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
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Continental General Insurance Co other: See Remarks 11001 LAKELINE BLVD., STE. 120, AUSTIN TX 78717
Joshua Todd Munsey officer: Chief Financial Officer 340 MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD, BRISTOL TN 37620
Elizabeth Anne Fessenden director 1137 WEST AVENUE, RICHMOND VA 23220