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Impala Platinum Holdings (JSE:IMP) Interest Coverage : 7.37 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Impala Platinum Holdings 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. Impala Platinum Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was R3,346 Mil. Impala Platinum Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was R-454 Mil. Impala Platinum Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.37. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Impala Platinum Holdings's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:IMP' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.15   Med: 16.27   Max: 140.27
Current: 17.87


JSE:IMP's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
74.76% of 1343 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs JSE:IMP: 17.87

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


Impala Platinum Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Impala Platinum Holdings'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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Impala Platinum Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Impala Platinum Holdings 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 6.86 23.44 76.09 140.27 66.46

Impala Platinum Holdings 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 79.41 341.65 53.76 335.67 7.37

Competitive Comparison of Impala Platinum Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Other Precious Metals & Mining subindustry, Impala Platinum Holdings'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.


Impala Platinum Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Impala Platinum Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Impala Platinum Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



Impala Platinum Holdings 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.

Impala Platinum Holdings'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, Impala Platinum Holdings's Interest Expense was R-333 Mil. Its Operating Income was R22,132 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R2,255 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*22132/-333
=66.46

Impala Platinum Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Impala Platinum Holdings's Interest Expense was R-454 Mil. Its Operating Income was R3,346 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R2,107 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3346/-454
=7.37

* 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.


Impala Platinum Holdings  (JSE:IMP) 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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Impala Platinum Holdings (JSE:IMP) Business Description

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Address
2 Fricker Road, Illovo, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2196
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd is one of the world's largest producers of platinum and associated platinum group metals, including palladium and rhodium. The company is structured with five main operations located in Impala, Zimplats, Marula, Mimosa, and Two Rivers. Impala is the group's main operational unit and is situated on the Impala lease area on the western limb of Bushveld, east of Johannesburg in South Africa, and is one of the largest platinum-group-metal-bearing ore bodies in the world. The Impala operation comprises a 10-shaft mining complex and concentrating and smelting plants.

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