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Natural Gas Services Group (Natural Gas Services Group) Interest Coverage : 2.15 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Natural Gas Services Group 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. Natural Gas Services Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.9 Mil. Natural Gas Services Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.3 Mil. Natural Gas Services Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.15. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NGS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.72   Med: 557.44   Max: 2198.6
Current: 2.88


NGS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
75.49% of 759 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.72 vs NGS: 2.88

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


Natural Gas Services Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Natural Gas Services 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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Natural Gas Services Group Interest Coverage Chart

Natural Gas Services Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - 1.72 2.88

Natural Gas Services Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 - N/A 8.06 3.07 2.15

Competitive Comparison of Natural Gas Services Group's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Natural Gas Services 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.


Natural Gas Services Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Natural Gas Services Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Natural Gas Services Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Natural Gas Services 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 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.

Natural Gas Services Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Natural Gas Services Group's Interest Expense was $-4.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $11.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $164.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*11.741/-4.082
=2.88

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Natural Gas Services Group's Interest Expense was $-2.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was $4.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $164.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*4.944/-2.297
=2.15

* 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.


Natural Gas Services Group  (NYSE:NGS) 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 .


Natural Gas Services Group Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Natural Gas Services Group (Natural Gas Services Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
404 Veterans Airpark Lane, Suite 300, Midland, TX, USA, 79705
Natural Gas Services Group Inc provides natural gas compression equipment and services to the energy industry. The company manufacture, fabricate, rent, sell and maintain natural gas compressors and flare systems for oil and natural gas production and plant facilities. Its operating units include Gas Compressor Rental, Engineered Equipment Sales, Service, and Maintenance. The company generates the majority of its revenue by renting out low- to medium-horsepower compression equipment to natural gas production companies in unconventional oil and gas regions of the United States.
Executives
Georganne Hodges director 2105 CITYWEST BLVD., SUITE 100, HOUSTON TX 77042
John D. Bittner officer: Interim CFO 1920 MCKINNEY AVENUE, SUITE 950, DALLAS TX 75201
Brian L Tucker officer: Chief Operating Officer 1250 NE LOOP 410, #1000, SAN ANTONIO TX 78209
Donald J Tringali director C/O INFORMATION ANALYSIS INCORPORATED, 11240 WAPLES MILL RD STE 201, FAIRFAX VA 22030
Justin Jacobs director 382 GREENWICH AVE, SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
James D Faircloth officer: Interim CFO 404 VETERANS AIRPARK LANE, SUITE 300, MIDLAND TX 79705
Leslie Ann Beyer director C/O NATURAL GAS SERVICES GROUP., INC., 404 VETERANS AIRPARK LANE, SUITE 300, MIDLAND TX 79705
James R Hazlett officer: Vice President-Technical Svcs. 404 VETERANS AIRPARK LANE, SUITE 300, MIDLAND TX 79705
Stephen Charles Taylor director, officer: President and CEO 404 VETERANS AIRPARK LANE, SUITE 300, MIDLAND TX 79705
John Chisholm director C/O FLOTEK INDUSTRIES, INC., 2930 W. SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY N., STE. 300, HOUSTON TX 77043
Micah C. Foster officer: Chief Financial Officer 404 VETERANS AIRPARK LANE, SUITE 300, MIDLAND TX 79705
Nigel Jenvey director 404 VETERANS AIRPARK LANE, SUITE 300, MIDLAND TX 79705
James R Lawrence officer: VP & Chief Financial Officer C/O NATURAL GAS SERVICES GROUP, INC., 404 VETERANS AIRPARK LANE, SUITE 300, MIDLAND TX 79705
David L Bradshaw director 508 WEST WALL STREET, SUITE 550, MIDLAND TX 79701
G Larry Lawrence officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O LEGACY RESERVES GP, LLC, 303 W. WALL STREET, SUITE 1600, MIDLAND TX 79701