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Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC) Interest Coverage : 2.05 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Whitehaven Coal 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. Whitehaven Coal's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was A$1,004 Mil. Whitehaven Coal's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was A$-490 Mil. Whitehaven Coal's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 2.05. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

ASX:WHC' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.99   Med: 28.67   Max: 127.87
Current: 3.4


ASX:WHC's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
77.69% of 121 companies
in the Other Energy Sources industry
Industry Median: 15.39 vs ASX:WHC: 3.40

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


Whitehaven Coal Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Whitehaven Coal'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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Whitehaven Coal Interest Coverage Chart

Whitehaven Coal Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.18 0.99 66.84 127.87 28.67

Whitehaven Coal Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 133.33 117.65 33.32 25.79 2.05

Competitive Comparison of Whitehaven Coal's Interest Coverage

For the Thermal Coal subindustry, Whitehaven Coal'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.


Whitehaven Coal's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Other Energy Sources Industry

For the Other Energy Sources industry and Energy sector, Whitehaven Coal's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Whitehaven Coal's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Whitehaven Coal 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.

Whitehaven Coal's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024, Whitehaven Coal's Interest Expense was A$-48 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$1,376 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$1,744 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*1376/-48
=28.67

Whitehaven Coal's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, Whitehaven Coal's Interest Expense was A$-490 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$1,004 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$1,920 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*1004/-490
=2.05

* 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.


Whitehaven Coal  (ASX:WHC) 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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Whitehaven Coal Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
259 George Street, Level 28, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Whitehaven Coal is a large Australian independent thermal and metallurgical coal miner with mines in the Gunnedah Basin, New South Wales. It also bought Blackwater and Daunia, two coking coal mines in Queensland, from BHP and Mitsubishi in April 2024. In addition, it owns the large Vickery and Winchester South deposits in New South Wales and Queensland, respectively. Coal is railed to ports in Newcastle and Queensland for export to Asian customers. Along with expanded production at Maules Creek and Narrabri, we expect its share of salable coal production to approach 32 million metric tons from fiscal 2029, from about 13 million in fiscal 2023. Initial development of Vickery will see about 1 million metric tons of extra equity production, with potential expansion to 7 million metric tons.

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