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Public Service Enterprise Group (WBO:PEG) Interest Coverage : 2.82 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Public Service Enterprise 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. Public Service Enterprise Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was €578 Mil. Public Service Enterprise Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was €-205 Mil. Public Service Enterprise Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.82. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

WBO:PEG' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.08   Med: 4.39   Max: 7.54
Current: 3.08


WBO:PEG's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
57.08% of 438 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.75 vs WBO:PEG: 3.08

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


Public Service Enterprise Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Public Service Enterprise 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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Public Service Enterprise Group Interest Coverage Chart

Public Service Enterprise Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Public Service Enterprise Group Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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Competitive Comparison of Public Service Enterprise Group's Interest Coverage

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Public Service Enterprise 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.


Public Service Enterprise Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Public Service Enterprise Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Public Service Enterprise Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Public Service Enterprise 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.

Public Service Enterprise Group'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, Public Service Enterprise Group's Interest Expense was €-631 Mil. Its Operating Income was €3,186 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €16,467 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3185.658/-630.896
=5.05

Public Service Enterprise Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Public Service Enterprise Group's Interest Expense was €-205 Mil. Its Operating Income was €578 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €17,226 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*577.541/-204.527
=2.82

* 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.


Public Service Enterprise Group  (WBO:PEG) 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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Public Service Enterprise Group Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
80 Park Plaza, Newark, NJ, USA, 07102
Public Service Enterprise Group is the holding company for a regulated utility (PSE&G) and other nonregulated businesses such as nuclear power generation and clean energy projects. PSE&G provides regulated gas and electricity delivery services in New Jersey to a combined 4.3 million customers. Public Service Enterprise Group also operates the Long Island Power Authority system. In 2022, the company sold its gas and oil power plants in the mid-Atlantic, New York, and the Northeast.