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Metair Investments (JSE:MTA) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Metair Investments 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. Metair Investments's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was R310 Mil. Metair Investments's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was R220 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. 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. Metair Investments Ltd interest coverage is 1.63, which is low.

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

JSE:MTA' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.33   Med: 6.37   Max: 18.84
Current: 1.63


JSE:MTA's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
85.03% of 1042 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 8.055 vs JSE:MTA: 1.63

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


Metair Investments Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Metair Investments'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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Metair Investments Interest Coverage Chart

Metair Investments 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 3.82 8.79 1.33 2.90 1.63

Metair Investments 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 1.49 1.04 - 0.27 -

Competitive Comparison of Metair Investments's Interest Coverage

For the Auto Parts subindustry, Metair Investments'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.


Metair Investments's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Metair Investments's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Metair Investments 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.

Metair Investments'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, Metair Investments's Interest Expense was R-272 Mil. Its Operating Income was R444 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R257 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*444.215/-272.364
=1.63

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, Metair Investments's Interest Expense was R220 Mil. Its Operating Income was R310 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R257 Mil.

* 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.


Metair Investments  (JSE:MTA) 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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Metair Investments Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
114 Oxford Road, Suite 7, Ground Floor, Oxford and Glenhove Building No. 2, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2198
Metair Investments Ltd manufactures energy storage products and automotive components. The energy storage division manufactures batteries for use in automotive applications and the telecoms, utility, mining, retail, and materials sectors. The automotive components division produces original equipment (OE) components used in the assembly of new vehicles, as well as spare parts and other products used in the automotive aftermarket. Some of its automotive component products are e brake pads, shock absorbers, lights, radiators, and air-conditioners. Its geographical segments are South Africa, Turkey and the United Kingdom, and Romania.