Alliance Oil Company (OSTO:AOIL SDB) Interest Coverage : N/A (As of Sep. 2013)

Alliance Oil Company Interest Coverage Chart

Alliance Oil Company Quarterly Data
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Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial											N/A	8.40	3.56	3.66	N/A

Competitive Comparison of Alliance Oil Company's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas Integrated subindustry, Alliance Oil Company'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.

Alliance Oil Company's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Alliance Oil Company's Interest Coverage falls into.

Alliance Oil Company 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

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

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

Alliance Oil Company's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012, Alliance Oil Company's Interest Expense was kr0 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr3,924 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr11,005 Mil.

Alliance Oil Company's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2013, Alliance Oil Company's Interest Expense was kr0 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr755 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr10,981 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.

Alliance Oil Company  (OSTO:AOIL SDB) 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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