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ACT Energy Technologies (TSX:ACX) Interest Coverage : 3.51 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is ACT Energy Technologies 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. ACT Energy Technologies's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was C$8.8 Mil. ACT Energy Technologies's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was C$-2.5 Mil. ACT Energy Technologies's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 3.51. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for ACT Energy Technologies's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:ACX' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.85   Med: 5.36   Max: 6.23
Current: 4.74


TSX:ACX's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
56.56% of 716 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 5.935 vs TSX:ACX: 4.74

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


ACT Energy Technologies Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for ACT Energy Technologies'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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ACT Energy Technologies Interest Coverage Chart

ACT Energy Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
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ACT Energy Technologies Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 5.84 3.12 9.81 3.24 3.51

Competitive Comparison of ACT Energy Technologies's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas Drilling subindustry, ACT Energy Technologies'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.


ACT Energy Technologies's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where ACT Energy Technologies's Interest Coverage falls into.


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ACT Energy Technologies 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.

ACT Energy Technologies'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, ACT Energy Technologies's Interest Expense was C$-9.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$51.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$85.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*51.805/-9.67
=5.36

ACT Energy Technologies's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, ACT Energy Technologies's Interest Expense was C$-2.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$8.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$107.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*8.841/-2.516
=3.51

* 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.


ACT Energy Technologies  (TSX:ACX) 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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ACT Energy Technologies Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6030 - 3rd Street S.E., Calgary, AB, CAN, T2H 1K2
ACT Energy Technologies Ltd is a Canadian-based company that is involved and engaged in the business of providing directional drilling services to oil and natural gas companies in western Canada and the United States. The Company has two operating segments based on its geographic operating locations of Canada and U.S. and a non-operating segment, for joint corporate costs (Corporate services).
Executives
Roderick Donald Maxwell Director, Senior Officer
Ian Stephen Brown Director
Lee Harns Senior Officer
Peter Scott Macfarlane Senior Officer
Thomas Joseph Connors Director, Senior Officer
Fawzi Irani Senior Officer
Axel Schmidt Senior Officer
James R. Boyles Director

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