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Benson Hill (Benson Hill) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Benson Hill 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. Benson Hill's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-24.0 Mil. Benson Hill's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-14.6 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


BHIL's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Agriculture industry.
Industry Median: 7.5
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Benson Hill Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Benson Hill'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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Benson Hill Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Benson Hill's Interest Coverage

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Benson Hill'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.


Benson Hill's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Benson Hill's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Benson Hill's Interest Coverage falls into.



Benson Hill 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.

Benson Hill'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, Benson Hill's Interest Expense was $-35.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-85.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $85.4 Mil.

Benson Hill did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Benson Hill's Interest Expense was $-14.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-24.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $85.4 Mil.

Benson Hill did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Benson Hill  (NYSE:BHIL) 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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Benson Hill (Benson Hill) Business Description

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Address
1001 North Warson Road, Saint Louis, MO, USA, 63132
Benson Hill Inc is a food technology company. It operates in one segment Ingredients. The ingredients segment is currently focused on commercializing soybean and yellow pea products, including soy-based specialty vegetable oils, aquaculture and animal feed, and ultra-high protein soy-based ingredients that have the potential to eliminate costly water and energy-intensive processing associated with producing products for the food and feed markets, alleviating supply constraints to help bring plant-based proteins to scale.
Executives
Bruce Tyler Bennett officer: President, Ingredients C/O BENSON HILL, INC., 1001 N. WARSON RD., ST. LEWIS MO 63132
Richard L Mack director 9590 SKY LANE, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55347
Yevgeny Fundler officer: Chief Legal Officer, other: Corporate Secretary 1001 NORTH WARSON ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63132
Jason Bull officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O BENSON HILL, INC., 1001 N. WARSON RD., ST. LEWIS MO 63132
Dean P Freeman officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BENSON HILL, INC.,1001 N WARSON RD, SAINT LOUIS MO 63132
Matthew B. Crisp director, officer: President and CEO C/O BENSON HILL, INC., 1001 N. WARSON RD., ST. LEWIS MO 63132
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Adrienne Elsner director ONE OWENS CORNING PKWY, TOLEDO OH 43659
Linda Whitley-taylor director C/O BENSON HILL, INC., 1001 NORTH WARSON ROAD, SAINT LOUIS MO 63132
Stephan Dolezalek director C/O BENSON HILL, INC., 1001 N. WARSON RD., ST. LEWIS MO 63132
Daniel Jacobi director C/O BENSON HILL, INC., 1001 N. WARSON RD., ST. LEWIS MO 63132
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