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Italcementi SpA (Italcementi SpA) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Jun. 2016)


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What is Italcementi SpA 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. Italcementi SpA's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was $-293 Mil. Italcementi SpA's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was $-34 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 Italcementi SpA's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


ITAMF's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Building Materials industry.
Industry Median: 6.575
* 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.


Italcementi SpA Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Italcementi SpA'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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Italcementi SpA Interest Coverage Chart

Italcementi SpA Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.87 - 0.23 0.68 0.26

Italcementi SpA Quarterly Data
Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Jun16
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 - 4.66 0.12 - -

Competitive Comparison of Italcementi SpA's Interest Coverage

For the Building Materials subindustry, Italcementi SpA'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.


Italcementi SpA's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Italcementi SpA's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Italcementi SpA 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.

Italcementi SpA's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015, Italcementi SpA's Interest Expense was $-131 Mil. Its Operating Income was $34 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,283 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2015 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2015 )
=-1*33.608/-131.223
=0.26

Italcementi SpA's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2016, Italcementi SpA's Interest Expense was $-34 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-293 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,751 Mil.

Italcementi SpA 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.


Italcementi SpA  (OTCPK:ITAMF) 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 .


Italcementi SpA Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Italcementi SpA (Italcementi SpA) Business Description

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Italcementi SpA was incorporated in 1864. It is a cement manufacturing company. The Company engages in manufacturing and distributing of three main product lines, including cement, aggregates, and ready mixed concrete. The Company's business segments are operations relating to the production and sale of cement and clinker; operations relating to construction materials: ready mixed concrete and aggregates and other operations such as: transport, engineering, e-business and energy. The Company operates its business in Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Gambia, Greece, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Mauritania, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States.

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