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Steel Partners Holdings LP (Steel Partners Holdings LP) Interest Coverage

: 2.30 (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 Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Steel Partners Holdings LP's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $65 Mil. Steel Partners Holdings LP's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-28 Mil. Steel Partners Holdings LP's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.30. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

SPLP' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.08   Med: 4.06   Max: 7.24
Current: 2.49


SPLP's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
70.2% of 396 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 5.06 vs SPLP: 2.49

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


Steel Partners Holdings LP Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Steel Partners Holdings LP'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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Steel Partners Holdings LP Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.27 3.35 7.24 5.11 2.49

Steel Partners Holdings LP Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.72 3.11 2.97 1.78 2.30

Competitive Comparison

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Steel Partners Holdings LP'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.


Steel Partners Holdings LP Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Steel Partners Holdings LP's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Steel Partners Holdings LP's Interest Coverage falls into.



Steel Partners Holdings LP 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.

Steel Partners Holdings LP'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, Steel Partners Holdings LP's Interest Expense was $-99 Mil. Its Operating Income was $246 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $268 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*245.656/-98.832
=2.49

Steel Partners Holdings LP's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Steel Partners Holdings LP's Interest Expense was $-28 Mil. Its Operating Income was $65 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $268 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*65.314/-28.404
=2.30

* 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.


Steel Partners Holdings LP  (NYSE:SPLP) 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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Steel Partners Holdings LP (Steel Partners Holdings LP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
590 Madison Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10022
Steel Partners Holdings LP operates in industrial products, energy, defense, supply chain management and logistics, banking, and youth sports industries. It operates in various segments including the Diversified Industrial segment comprised of manufacturers of engineered niche industrial products, including joining materials, tubing, building materials, performance materials, electrical products, cutting replacement products and services, and metallized films and packaging businesses; the Energy segment provides drilling and production services to the oil and gas industry and owns a youth sports business; the Financial Services segment consists of the operations of WebBank, a Utah chartered industrial bank, which engages in a full range of banking activities.
Executives
Jack L Howard director, 10 percent owner, officer: President 182 FARMERS LANE, STE 101, SANTA ROSA CA 95405
Gordon A. Walker officer: Senior Vice President KNOWLES CORPORATION, 1151 MAPLEWOOD DRIVE, ITASCA IL 60143
Warren G Lichtenstein director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman C/O STEEL PARTNERS II L P, 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Eric P. Karros director C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P., 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Rory H. Tahari director 510 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Richard I Neal director C/O UNITED INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, 124 INDUSTRY LANE, HUNT VALLEY MD 21030
John P Mcniff director 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Lon Rosen director 120 S. CARMELINA AVE., LOS ANGELES CA 90049
James Iii Benenson director C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P., 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Douglas Woodworth officer: Chief Financial Officer STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P., 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Sph Spv-i Llc other: See Footnote 1 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Wgl Capital Corp. 10 percent owner 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Emh Howard Llc other: See Footnote 1 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Steel Partners, Ltd. 10 percent owner 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Fejes William Theodore Jr officer: Chief Operating Officer 440 NORTH FIFTH AVENUE, CHAMBERSBURG PA 17201