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Valterra Platinum (JSE:VAL) Interest Coverage : 18.54 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Valterra Platinum 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. Valterra Platinum's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was R5,860 Mil. Valterra Platinum's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was R-316 Mil. Valterra Platinum's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 18.54. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

JSE:VAL' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.61   Med: 23.92   Max: 300.06
Current: 15.9


JSE:VAL's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
75% of 1324 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs JSE:VAL: 15.90

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


Valterra Platinum Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Valterra Platinum'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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Valterra Platinum Interest Coverage Chart

Valterra Platinum Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 155.89 300.06 207.44 31.94 15.90

Valterra Platinum 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 142.45 22.92 58.42 14.74 18.54

Competitive Comparison of Valterra Platinum's Interest Coverage

For the Other Precious Metals & Mining subindustry, Valterra Platinum'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.


Valterra Platinum's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Valterra Platinum's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Valterra Platinum 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.

Valterra Platinum's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Valterra Platinum's Interest Expense was R-1,035 Mil. Its Operating Income was R16,456 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R535 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*16456/-1035
=15.90

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, Valterra Platinum's Interest Expense was R-316 Mil. Its Operating Income was R5,860 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R535 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*5860/-316
=18.54

* 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.


Valterra Platinum  (JSE:VAL) 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 .


Valterra Platinum Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Valterra Platinum Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
144 Oxford Road, P.O. Box 62179, Melrose, Rosebank, Marshalltown, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2196
Anglo American Platinum Ltd is the world's primary producer of Platinum Group Metals, which includes platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, and osmium. The company also produces base metals including copper, nickel, cobalt sulphate, sodium sulphate, chrome, and other precious metals. The primary uses of platinum group metals include jewellery, autocatalytic converters, fuel cells, air- and water-purification units, heart pacemakers, computer screens, hard disks, and fertilisers. The mining operations include managed mines, joint-venture mines, and associate mines across South Africa and Zimbabwe.