Cintac (XSGO:CINTAC) Interest Coverage : 0.51 (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Cintac 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. Cintac's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was CLP2,787 Mil. Cintac's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was CLP-5,475 Mil. Cintac's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.51. 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. Cintac 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 Cintac's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

XSGO:CINTAC' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.07 Med: 3.38 Max: 11.19
Current: 0.61

XSGO:CINTAC's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
93.53% of 448 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 5.33 vs XSGO:CINTAC: 0.61

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

Cintac Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cintac'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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Cintac Interest Coverage Chart

Cintac Annual Data

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3.38

7.86

0.07

0.41

Cintac Quarterly Data
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Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-	0.07	0.40	1.38	0.51

Competitive Comparison of Cintac's Interest Coverage

For the Steel subindustry, Cintac'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.

Cintac's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Cintac's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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Cintac 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.

Cintac'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, Cintac's Interest Expense was CLP-27,079 Mil. Its Operating Income was CLP11,207 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was CLP168,064 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )	/	Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
	=	-1	*	11206.584	/	-27079.133
	=	0.41

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Cintac's Interest Expense was CLP-5,475 Mil. Its Operating Income was CLP2,787 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was CLP148,391 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
	=	-1	*	2786.727	/	-5474.628
	=	0.51

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

Cintac (XSGO:CINTAC) 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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Camino a Lonquen 11011, Maipu, Santiago, CHL

Website

https://www.grupocintac.com

Cintac SA is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of construction systems, and steel products. Along with its subsidiaries, it offers products and services like prefabricated bathrooms, installation of barriers, EPC services, tubular steel, profiles, pipes, tiles, sheets, insulating panels, and other steel products for the construction and infrastructure sectors. The company is organized into two business segments, which are identified by the geographic area where it operates and include: Chile which generates maximum revenue, and Peru.

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