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DuPont de Nemours (BUE:DD) Interest Coverage : 6.02 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is DuPont de Nemours 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. DuPont de Nemours's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ARS498,062 Mil. DuPont de Nemours's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ARS-82,693 Mil. DuPont de Nemours's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 6.02. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for DuPont de Nemours's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

BUE:DD' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.69   Med: 4.31   Max: 39.09
Current: 4.57


BUE:DD's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
67.82% of 1187 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.98 vs BUE:DD: 4.57

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


DuPont de Nemours Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for DuPont de Nemours'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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DuPont de Nemours Interest Coverage Chart

DuPont de Nemours Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.94 2.69 3.62 4.17 4.31

DuPont de Nemours 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 4.52 3.87 3.77 4.80 6.02

Competitive Comparison of DuPont de Nemours's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, DuPont de Nemours'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.


DuPont de Nemours's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, DuPont de Nemours's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where DuPont de Nemours's Interest Coverage falls into.



DuPont de Nemours 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.

DuPont de Nemours'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, DuPont de Nemours's Interest Expense was ARS-142,956 Mil. Its Operating Income was ARS616,588 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ARS2,794,501 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*616588.001/-142956
=4.31

DuPont de Nemours's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, DuPont de Nemours's Interest Expense was ARS-82,693 Mil. Its Operating Income was ARS498,062 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ARS6,768,510 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*498061.978/-82693.496
=6.02

* 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.


DuPont de Nemours  (BUE:DD) 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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DuPont de Nemours Business Description

Address
974 Centre Road, Building 730, Wilmington, DE, USA, 19805
DuPont is a diversified global specialty chemicals company created in 2019 as a result of the DowDuPont merger and subsequent separations. Its portfolio includes specialty chemicals and downstream products that serve the electronics, water, construction, safety and protection, automotive, and healthcare industries. DuPont plans to separate the company into three companies going forward, one focused on electronics, one focused on water, and one with more diversified end market exposure. We expect the separations will occur by mid-2026.