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Balfour Beatty (Balfour Beatty) Interest Coverage : 2.94 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Balfour Beatty 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. Balfour Beatty's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $115 Mil. Balfour Beatty's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-39 Mil. Balfour Beatty's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.94. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BAFBF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09   Med: 3.27   Max: 11.71
Current: 3.27


BAFBF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
70.98% of 1261 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.08 vs BAFBF: 3.27

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


Balfour Beatty Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Balfour Beatty'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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Balfour Beatty Interest Coverage Chart

Balfour Beatty 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 3.36 0.31 0.36 5.00 3.27

Balfour Beatty 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 - 4.82 5.09 4.30 2.94

Competitive Comparison of Balfour Beatty's Interest Coverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Balfour Beatty'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.


Balfour Beatty's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Balfour Beatty's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Balfour Beatty's Interest Coverage falls into.



Balfour Beatty 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.

Balfour Beatty'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, Balfour Beatty's Interest Expense was $-52 Mil. Its Operating Income was $170 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,033 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*169.62/-51.899
=3.27

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Balfour Beatty's Interest Expense was $-39 Mil. Its Operating Income was $115 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,033 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*115.19/-39.241
=2.94

* 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.


Balfour Beatty  (OTCPK:BAFBF) 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 .


Balfour Beatty Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Balfour Beatty (Balfour Beatty) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, GBR, E14 5HU
Balfour Beatty PLC finances, builds, and maintains infrastructure projects. It develops projects in energy, water, communications, transportation, and other industrial markets. In addition, the company manages construction businesses and provides maintenance and management services in power transmission, utilities infrastructure, road, and rail. Some projects are granted through concessions by government authorities. Balfour Beatty operates three business segments: Construction services (majority of total revenue), Support services, and Infrastructure investments. It will invest directly in infrastructure assets when there are opportunities to manage the projects upon completion and create recurring revenue. The majority of sales are derived from the United Kingdom and the United States.