Kier Group (LSE:KIE) Interest Coverage : 1.96 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Kier Group 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. Kier Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £38 Mil. Kier Group's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £-20 Mil. Kier Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.96. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

LSE:KIE' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.71 Med: 1.7 Max: 3.58
Current: 1.68

LSE:KIE's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
84.39% of 1262 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.095 vs LSE:KIE: 1.68

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

Kier Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kier Group'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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Kier Group Interest Coverage Chart

Kier Group Annual Data

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1.03

0.71

1.72

Kier Group Semi-Annual Data
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Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.07	0.33	2.11	1.42	1.96

Competitive Comparison of Kier Group's Interest Coverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Kier Group'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.

Kier Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Kier Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kier Group's Interest Coverage falls into.

Kier Group 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.

Kier Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, Kier Group's Interest Expense was £-39 Mil. Its Operating Income was £66 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £466 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (A: Jun. 2023 )	/	Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2023 )
	=	-1	*	66.3	/	-38.5
	=	1.72

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Kier Group's Interest Expense was £-20 Mil. Its Operating Income was £38 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £455 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	-1	*	38.2	/	-19.5
	=	1.96

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

Kier Group (LSE:KIE) 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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Kier Group (LSE:KIE) Business Description

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Address

Optimum House, 2nd Floor, Clippers Quay, Salford, GBR, M50 3XP

Website

http://www.kier.co.uk

Kier Group PLC is a construction, services, and property company that builds and maintains projects for various sectors. Its design and engineering capabilities meet the specifications for public and private customers. The construction segment works in both the public and private sectors through local bases and offers national coverage for its clients. The infrastructure services segment is focused on four main markets: highways, utilities, infrastructure, and rail. The property segment, which invests and develops schemes and sites across the United Kingdom and the last segment is corporate segment. Kier plans to divest from this segment to free up capital for the other segments. The U.K. accounts majority of its revenue, with the rest split among the Americas, Middle East, and Far East.