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Beach Energy (Beach Energy) Interest Coverage : 6.38 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Beach Energy 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. Beach Energy's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $157 Mil. Beach Energy's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-25 Mil. Beach Energy's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.38. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BEPTF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.32   Med: 14.2   Max: 89.66
Current: 9.73


BEPTF's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
59.1% of 758 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.74 vs BEPTF: 9.73

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


Beach Energy Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Beach Energy'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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Beach Energy Interest Coverage Chart

Beach Energy Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.64 43.86 89.66 57.52 17.56

Beach Energy Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 42.15 77.24 16.87 18.32 6.38

Competitive Comparison of Beach Energy's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Beach Energy'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.


Beach Energy's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Beach Energy's Interest Coverage falls into.



Beach Energy 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.

Beach Energy's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, Beach Energy's Interest Expense was $-20 Mil. Its Operating Income was $356 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $267 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*355.839/-20.268
=17.56

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Beach Energy's Interest Expense was $-25 Mil. Its Operating Income was $157 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $309 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*156.827/-24.565
=6.38

* 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.


Beach Energy  (OTCPK:BEPTF) 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 .


Beach Energy Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Beach Energy (Beach Energy) Business Description

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Address
80 Flinders Street, Level 8, Adelaide, SA, AUS, 5000
Beach produces oil, gas, and gas liquids from numerous joint ventures in the onshore Cooper and Eromanga basins. Beach merged with Cooper Basin joint-venture partner Drillsearch Energy Limited in March 2016, which increased equity production to about 10 million barrels of oil equivalent. This more than doubled to over 20 million barrels of oil equivalent following the successful purchase of Lattice from Origin Energy in 2018. The average field life is 10 years based on forecast production and 255 mmboe of proven and probable reserves. We credit life of around 15 years, assuming substantial conversion of 2C contingent resources into reserve category with drilling. Shale gas resources are blue-sky.

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