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EERGF (Energean) Interest Coverage : 2.52 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Energean 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. Energean's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was $297 Mil. Energean's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was $-118 Mil. Energean's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 2.52. 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. Energean PLC interest coverage is 2.68, which is low.

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

EERGF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.51   Med: 1.93   Max: 2.68
Current: 2.68


EERGF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
75.24% of 727 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.06 vs EERGF: 2.68

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


Energean Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Energean'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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Energean Interest Coverage Chart

Energean Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 1.89 1.51 2.35

Energean Semi-Annual Data
Dec16 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
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 4.65 0.94 1.58 2.79 2.52

Competitive Comparison of Energean's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Energean'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.


Energean's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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

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



Energean 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.

Energean'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, Energean's Interest Expense was $-259 Mil. Its Operating Income was $607 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,190 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*607.309/-258.879
=2.35

Energean's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2024, Energean's Interest Expense was $-118 Mil. Its Operating Income was $297 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,150 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*297.435/-117.867
=2.52

* 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.


Energean  (OTCPK:EERGF) 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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Energean Business Description

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Address
44 Baker Street, 3rd Floor, Accurist House, London, GBR, W1U 7AL
Energean PLC is an oil and gas company. The principal activity of the group is the exploration, production, and commercialization of crude oil and natural gas. Its segments are Europe (including Greece, Italy, the UK, and Croatia), Israel, Egypt, and New Ventures (Montenegro and Malta). The company's majority of its revenue comes from the European segment of crude oil sales.

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