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Step One Clothing (ASX:STP) Interest Coverage : 377.07 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Step One Clothing 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. Step One Clothing's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$10.56 Mil. Step One Clothing's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-0.03 Mil. Step One Clothing's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 377.07. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Step One Clothing Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

(1) 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.

The historical rank and industry rank for Step One Clothing's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:STP' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 507.29   Med: No Debt   Max: No Debt
Current: 507.29


ASX:STP's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
93.31% of 762 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 7.93 vs ASX:STP: 507.29

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


Step One Clothing Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Step One Clothing'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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Step One Clothing Interest Coverage Chart

Step One Clothing Annual Data
Trend Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
No Debt No Debt No Debt

Step One Clothing Semi-Annual Data
Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Interest Coverage No Debt No Debt No Debt No Debt 377.07

Competitive Comparison of Step One Clothing's Interest Coverage

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Step One Clothing'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.


Step One Clothing's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Step One Clothing's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Step One Clothing's Interest Coverage falls into.



Step One Clothing 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.

Step One Clothing'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, Step One Clothing's Interest Expense was A$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$11.11 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$0.00 Mil.

Step One Clothing had no debt (1).

Step One Clothing's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Step One Clothing's Interest Expense was A$-0.03 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$10.56 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$0.18 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*10.558/-0.028
=377.07

* 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.


Step One Clothing  (ASX:STP) 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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Step One Clothing (ASX:STP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
120 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, Level 2, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2010
Step One Clothing Ltd is a direct-to-consumer online retailer for men's undergarments. Its products comprise Boxer Brief, Trunks, and Boxer Breif+Fly. The Group is organized into one operating segment: online retail sales.

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