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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. DRDGold's
Operating Income
for the
six
months ended in Jun. 2026 was R0 Mil. DRDGold's Interest Expense for the
six
months ended in Jun. 2026 was R0 Mil.
GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data.
The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.
The historical rank and industry rank for DRDGold's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:
JSE:DRD'
s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.03 Med: 16.68 Max: 44.39
Current: 44.39
JSE:DRD's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than 69.02% of 1330
companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt
vs JSE:DRD: 44.39
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 .
DRDGold Interest Coverage Related Terms
DRDGold Interest Coverage Historical Data
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The historical data trend for DRDGold'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.
JSE:DRD vs NEM, AU, RGLD: Interest Coverage Comparison
For the Gold subindustry, DRDGold'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.
DRDGold Interest Coverage vs Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, DRDGold's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where DRDGold's Interest Coverage falls into.
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:
GuruFocus does not calculate DRDGold's interest coverage with the available data.
* 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.
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, DRDGold stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of R47.52 is trading 27.7% above its estimated GF Value™ of R37.21.
GuruFocus considers DRDGold to be Modestly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for JSE:DRD:
Interest Coverage: N/A
GF Value™: R37.21 vs. price of R47.52 (27.7% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the JSE:DRD stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
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DRDGold Ltd is a South African gold mining company engaged in surface gold tailings retreatment including exploration, extraction, processing, and smelting. Its reportable operating segments are; Ergo, FWGR, and Corporate office and other reconciling items. The Ergo is a surface gold retreatment operation that treats old slime dams and sand dumps to the south of Johannesburg's central business district as well as the East and Central Rand goldfields, and the FWGR which is a surface gold retreatment operation and treats old slime dams in the West Rand goldfields. The Ergo segment derives a vast majority of the company's revenue.
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