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Global Petroleum (LSE:GBP) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Global Petroleum 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. Global Petroleum's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £-0.25 Mil. Global Petroleum's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.00 Mil. Global Petroleum has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Global Petroleum Ltd has no debt.

(1) 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.

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

LSE:GBP' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: No Debt   Med: No Debt   Max: No Debt
Current: No Debt


LSE:GBP's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.87% of 752 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.575 vs LSE:GBP: No Debt

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


Global Petroleum Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Global Petroleum'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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Global Petroleum Interest Coverage Chart

Global Petroleum Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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Global Petroleum Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Global Petroleum's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Global Petroleum'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.


Global Petroleum's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Global Petroleum's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Global Petroleum 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.

Global Petroleum's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2022, Global Petroleum's Interest Expense was £0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was £-1.19 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.00 Mil.

Global Petroleum had no debt (1).

Global Petroleum's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Global Petroleum's Interest Expense was £0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was £-0.25 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.00 Mil.

Global Petroleum had no debt (1).

* 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.


Global Petroleum  (LSE:GBP) 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 .


Global Petroleum Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Global Petroleum Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
C/- DW Accounting & Advisory Pty Ltd, 91 William Street, Level 4, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3000
Global Petroleum Ltd is an Australia-based oil and gas, upstream exploration company. The principal activities of the company include exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties. The company's principal assets are two exploration blocks located offshore Namibia. The company mainly focuses on Africa and the Mediterranean. It holds interests in petroleum exploration license number 29, covering offshore blocks 1910B and 2010A in the Walvis Basin, Namibia.

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