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General de Alquiler de Maquinaria (XMAD:GAM) Interest Coverage : 0.99 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is General de Alquiler de Maquinaria 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. General de Alquiler de Maquinaria's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was €10.3 Mil. General de Alquiler de Maquinaria's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was €-10.4 Mil. General de Alquiler de Maquinaria's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 0.99. 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. General de Alquiler de Maquinaria SAs earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for General de Alquiler de Maquinaria's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

XMAD:GAM' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.54   Med: 0.97   Max: 2.14
Current: 0.99


XMAD:GAM's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
94.67% of 788 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.2 vs XMAD:GAM: 0.99

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


General de Alquiler de Maquinaria Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for General de Alquiler de Maquinaria'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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General de Alquiler de Maquinaria Interest Coverage Chart

General de Alquiler de Maquinaria Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.78 0.80 1.13 1.40 2.14

General de Alquiler de Maquinaria Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Jun24
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 1.19 2.05 2.22 1.60 0.99

Competitive Comparison of General de Alquiler de Maquinaria's Interest Coverage

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, General de Alquiler de Maquinaria'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.


General de Alquiler de Maquinaria's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, General de Alquiler de Maquinaria's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where General de Alquiler de Maquinaria's Interest Coverage falls into.



General de Alquiler de Maquinaria 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.

General de Alquiler de Maquinaria's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, General de Alquiler de Maquinaria's Interest Expense was €-7.9 Mil. Its Operating Income was €16.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €204.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*16.926/-7.895
=2.14

General de Alquiler de Maquinaria's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2024, General de Alquiler de Maquinaria's Interest Expense was €-10.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was €10.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €156.4 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*10.329/-10.397
=0.99

* 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.


General de Alquiler de Maquinaria  (XMAD:GAM) 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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General de Alquiler de Maquinaria Business Description

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Address
Carretera Nacional II/INTA s/n, San Fernando de Henares, Madrid, ESP
General de Alquiler de Maquinaria SA is a machinery rental company. The company's rental fleet includes compactors, compressors, dumpers, electric machinery, platforms, cranes, scaffolds and transport vehicles, as well as auxiliary equipment and machinery used in the infrastructure, agricultural, port, construction, industrial and energy sectors. In addition, the company is involved in the sale of second-hand equipment.