GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Energy » Oil & Gas » Harbour Energy PLC (LSE:HBR) » Definitions » Interest Coverage

Harbour Energy (LSE:HBR) Interest Coverage : 3.92 (As of Dec. 2023)


View and export this data going back to 2021. Start your Free Trial

What is Harbour Energy 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. Harbour Energy's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £414 Mil. Harbour Energy's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £-105 Mil. Harbour Energy's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.92. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

LSE:HBR' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.75   Med: 4.24   Max: 12.18
Current: 4.67


LSE:HBR's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
59.66% of 761 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.64 vs LSE:HBR: 4.67

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


Harbour Energy Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Harbour Energy'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.

* Premium members only.

Harbour Energy Interest Coverage Chart

Harbour Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
1.75 3.81 12.18 4.67

Harbour Energy Semi-Annual Data
Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial 6.00 12.70 11.67 5.46 3.92

Competitive Comparison of Harbour Energy's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Harbour Energy'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.


Harbour Energy's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Harbour Energy's Interest Coverage falls into.



Harbour Energy 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.

Harbour Energy'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, Harbour Energy's Interest Expense was £-205 Mil. Its Operating Income was £955 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £764 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*955.11/-204.61
=4.67

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Harbour Energy's Interest Expense was £-105 Mil. Its Operating Income was £414 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £764 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*413.565/-105.465
=3.92

* 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.


Harbour Energy  (LSE:HBR) 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 .


Harbour Energy Interest Coverage Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Harbour Energy's Interest Coverage provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Harbour Energy (LSE:HBR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
23 Lower Belgrave Street, London, GBR, SW1W ONR
Harbour Energy PLC is an independent oil and gas company, producing over 200,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day from the North Sea and South East Asia. It has a lower carbon intensity than the average UK oil and gas producer.

Harbour Energy (LSE:HBR) Headlines

No Headlines