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Harbor Star Shipping Services (PHS:TUGS) Interest Coverage : 2.10 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Harbor Star Shipping Services 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. Harbor Star Shipping Services's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₱140 Mil. Harbor Star Shipping Services's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₱-67 Mil. Harbor Star Shipping Services's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.10. 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. Harbor Star Shipping Services Inc interest coverage is 1.63, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Harbor Star Shipping Services's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

PHS:TUGS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.48   Med: 2.36   Max: 7.96
Current: 1.63


PHS:TUGS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
86.21% of 841 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.98 vs PHS:TUGS: 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.


Harbor Star Shipping Services Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Harbor Star Shipping Services'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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Harbor Star Shipping Services Interest Coverage Chart

Harbor Star Shipping Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.48 0.79 2.36 1.49

Harbor Star Shipping Services Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.96 1.34 0.68 2.42 2.10

Competitive Comparison of Harbor Star Shipping Services's Interest Coverage

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Harbor Star Shipping Services'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.


Harbor Star Shipping Services's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Harbor Star Shipping Services's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Harbor Star Shipping Services's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Harbor Star Shipping Services 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.

Harbor Star Shipping Services's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Harbor Star Shipping Services's Interest Expense was ₱-280 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₱418 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₱3,334 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*418.103/-280.161
=1.49

Harbor Star Shipping Services's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Harbor Star Shipping Services's Interest Expense was ₱-67 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₱140 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₱3,304 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*139.802/-66.633
=2.10

* 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.


Harbor Star Shipping Services  (PHS:TUGS) 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 .


Harbor Star Shipping Services Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Harbor Star Shipping Services Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
2224 A. Bonifacio Street, Corner Pres. Sergio Osmena Highway, Bangkal, Makati, PHL, 1233
Harbor Star Shipping Services Inc is an integrated maritime service provider. The service lines include harbor assistance, lighterage, towing, ship salvage, marine construction, repair, and maintenance works, wreck removal, firefighting, oil spill abatement and recovery, handling hazardous chemicals, ship and crew management, diving and underwater marine works. Other marine services include oil and chemical spill response, diving and underwater work, and ship and crew management. The company operates in two segments; Harbor assistance and Renewable energy. It generates the majority of the revenue from the Harbor assistance segment.

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