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Scorpio Tankers (Scorpio Tankers) Interest Coverage : 7.45 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Scorpio Tankers 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. Scorpio Tankers's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $167 Mil. Scorpio Tankers's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-22 Mil. Scorpio Tankers's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.45. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

STNG' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.07   Med: 1.67   Max: 5.6
Current: 4.56


STNG's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
61.89% of 761 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.71 vs STNG: 4.56

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


Scorpio Tankers Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Scorpio Tankers'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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Scorpio Tankers Interest Coverage Chart

Scorpio Tankers 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 0.73 1.82 - 5.60 4.41

Scorpio Tankers 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 9.59 5.31 4.44 2.70 7.45

Competitive Comparison of Scorpio Tankers's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Scorpio Tankers'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.


Scorpio Tankers's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Scorpio Tankers's Interest Coverage falls into.



Scorpio Tankers 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.

Scorpio Tankers'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, Scorpio Tankers's Interest Expense was $-159 Mil. Its Operating Income was $704 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,161 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*703.639/-159.414
=4.41

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Scorpio Tankers's Interest Expense was $-22 Mil. Its Operating Income was $167 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,161 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*167.343/-22.464
=7.45

* 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.


Scorpio Tankers  (NYSE:STNG) 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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Scorpio Tankers (Scorpio Tankers) Business Description

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Address
Le Millenium 9, Boulevard Charles III, Monaco, MCO, 98000
Scorpio Tankers Inc is a provider of marine transportation of petroleum products. It owns, lease finances or bareboat charters-in 113 product tankers namely 39 LR2 tankers, 60 MR tankers and 14 Handymax tankers. The company's fleet of tankers is the largest, most eco-friendly and newest fleet on the water hauling clean petroleum products.