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Highwood Asset Management (TSXV:HAM) Interest Coverage : 2.55 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Highwood Asset Management 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. Highwood Asset Management's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was C$6.80 Mil. Highwood Asset Management's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was C$-2.66 Mil. Highwood Asset Management's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.55. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Highwood Asset Management's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TSXV:HAM' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.56   Med: 5.74   Max: 8.92
Current: 2.56


TSXV:HAM's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
78.13% of 759 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.75 vs TSXV:HAM: 2.56

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


Highwood Asset Management Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Highwood Asset Management'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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Highwood Asset Management Interest Coverage Chart

Highwood Asset Management Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Highwood Asset Management Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Highwood Asset Management's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Highwood Asset Management'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.


Highwood Asset Management's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Highwood Asset Management's Interest Coverage falls into.



Highwood Asset Management 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.

Highwood Asset Management'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, Highwood Asset Management's Interest Expense was C$-4.34 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$11.11 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$83.58 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*11.112/-4.342
=2.56

Highwood Asset Management's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Highwood Asset Management's Interest Expense was C$-2.66 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$6.80 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$83.58 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*6.802/-2.664
=2.55

* 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.


Highwood Asset Management  (TSXV:HAM) 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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Highwood Asset Management (TSXV:HAM) Business Description

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Address
221 10th Avenue South East, Suite 202, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2G 0V9
Highwood Asset Management Ltd is an asset management entity overseeing various operations including clean energy transition subsectors with a focus on ESG also it looks at current activities in the industrial metals & minerals, oil production and oil midstream spaces. The company has four reportable segment which are Upstream Segment, Midstream Segment, Metallic Mineral Segment, Corporate and Other Segment. All segments are located geographically within Canada, more specifically Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia.

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