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Steadfast Group (ASX:SDF) Interest Coverage

: 8.68 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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 EBIT by its Interest Expense. Steadfast Group's EBIT for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$190 Mil. Steadfast Group's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-22 Mil. Steadfast Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.68. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

ASX:SDF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.54   Med: 13.16   Max: 34.07
Current: 9.67


ASX:SDF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
57.45% of 322 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.355 vs ASX:SDF: 9.67

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


Steadfast Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Steadfast 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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Steadfast Group Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.27 1.54 17.29 16.51 11.89

Steadfast Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 21.19 12.77 13.37 10.85 8.68

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance Brokers subindustry, Steadfast 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.


Steadfast Group Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Steadfast Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Steadfast Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Steadfast 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 EBIT is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and EBIT 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.

Steadfast Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, Steadfast Group's Interest Expense was A$-31 Mil. Its EBIT was A$369 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$968 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (A: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*368.6/-31
=11.89

Steadfast Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Steadfast Group's Interest Expense was A$-22 Mil. Its EBIT was A$190 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$642 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*190.2/-21.9
=8.68

* 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.


Steadfast Group  (ASX:SDF) 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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Steadfast Group (ASX:SDF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
99 Bathurst Street, Level 4, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Steadfast Group is the largest general insurance broker network in Australia and New Zealand, with over 425 brokers and almost 1,900 offices in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and London. Steadfast operates as both a broker and a consolidator via equity interests in insurance broker businesses, generating over AUD 11 billion of network broker gross written premium annually. Steadfast also co-owns and consolidates underwriting agencies and other complementary businesses.

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