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Vulcan Steel (ASX:VSL) Interest Coverage : 1.74 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Vulcan Steel 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. Vulcan Steel's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was A$29.0 Mil. Vulcan Steel's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was A$-16.7 Mil. Vulcan Steel's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 1.74. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Vulcan Steel Ltd interest coverage is 1.8, which is low.

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

ASX:VSL' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.8   Med: 7.81   Max: 46.39
Current: 1.8


ASX:VSL's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
76.01% of 446 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 5.255 vs ASX:VSL: 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.


Vulcan Steel Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vulcan Steel'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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Vulcan Steel Interest Coverage Chart

Vulcan Steel Annual Data
Trend Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Interest Coverage
46.39 7.81 2.78

Vulcan Steel Semi-Annual Data
Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial 5.42 16.40 2.85 2.23 1.74

Competitive Comparison of Vulcan Steel's Interest Coverage

For the Steel subindustry, Vulcan Steel'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.


Vulcan Steel's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Steel Industry

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

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


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Vulcan Steel 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.

Vulcan Steel's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024, Vulcan Steel's Interest Expense was A$-21.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$60.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$522.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*60.114/-21.652
=2.78

Vulcan Steel's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, Vulcan Steel's Interest Expense was A$-16.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$29.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$461.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*29.045/-16.681
=1.74

* 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.


Vulcan Steel  (ASX:VSL) 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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Vulcan Steel Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
29 Neales Road, East Tamaki, Auckland, NTL, NZL, 2013
Vulcan Steel Ltd is a metals distributor and processor. Its products include Steel, Stainless Steel, Engineering steel, Plate processing, and Coil processing. The company has two operating segments namely, the Steel business across New Zealand and Australia which includes Steel distribution, Plate processing, and Coil processing; and Metals business across New Zealand, which includes Stainless Steel, Engineering Steel, and Aluminium.

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