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SGH (FRA:9SG0) Interest Coverage : 4.86 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is SGH 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. SGH's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was €424 Mil. SGH's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was €-87 Mil. SGH's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 4.86. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

FRA:9SG0' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.85   Med: 3.35   Max: 5.41
Current: 4.34


FRA:9SG0's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
52.52% of 436 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 4.765 vs FRA:9SG0: 4.34

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


SGH Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for SGH'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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SGH Interest Coverage Chart

SGH Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.41 4.91 2.67 4.05 4.30

SGH Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 4.30 3.84 4.80 3.83 4.86

Competitive Comparison of SGH's Interest Coverage

For the Conglomerates subindustry, SGH'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.


SGH's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, SGH's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



SGH 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.

SGH'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, SGH's Interest Expense was €-174 Mil. Its Operating Income was €746 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €3,208 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*746.469/-173.709
=4.30

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, SGH's Interest Expense was €-87 Mil. Its Operating Income was €424 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €3,440 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*423.732/-87.275
=4.86

* 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.


SGH  (FRA:9SG0) 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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SGH Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
175 Liverpool Street, Level 30, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
SGH is a diversified industrial and investment group, with interests in heavy-equipment sales, service and equipment hire, media and broadcasting, oil and gas, and share investments. It changed its name from Seven Group in 2024, the rebrand to reflect an evolution toward diversified industrial-focused activities, away from media. SGH is domiciled in Australia where it predominantly operates.

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