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SThree (LSE:STEM) Interest Coverage : 117.72 (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is SThree 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. SThree's Operating Income for the six months ended in Nov. 2023 was £44 Mil. SThree's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Nov. 2023 was £-0 Mil. SThree's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 117.72. 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. SThree PLC has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

LSE:STEM' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 25.79   Med: 70.68   Max: 125.95
Current: 121.41


LSE:STEM's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
78.94% of 793 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.27 vs LSE:STEM: 121.41

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


SThree Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for SThree'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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SThree Interest Coverage Chart

SThree Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 61.85 25.79 73.16 125.95 121.41

SThree Semi-Annual Data
May14 Nov14 May15 Nov15 May16 Nov16 May17 Nov17 May18 Nov18 May19 Nov19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23
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 95.23 125.04 127.07 125.73 117.72

Competitive Comparison of SThree's Interest Coverage

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, SThree'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.


SThree's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SThree's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



SThree 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.

SThree's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023, SThree's Interest Expense was £-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was £85 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £18 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Nov. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Nov. 2023 )
=-1*84.741/-0.698
=121.41

SThree's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Nov. 2023, SThree's Interest Expense was £-0 Mil. Its Operating Income was £44 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £18 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Nov. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Nov. 2023 )
=-1*44.382/-0.377
=117.72

* 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.


SThree  (LSE:STEM) 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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SThree (LSE:STEM) Business Description

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Address
75 King William Street, 1st Floor, London, GBR, EC4N 7BE
SThree PLC is involved in the staffing business. It provides contract and permanent recruitment services. The company operates in information and communication, engineering, energy, life sciences, banking, and finance sectors. It provides its service through various brands such as computer future, progressive, Huxley, real, orgtel, jpgray, Newington international and enterprise partners. The company operates in the UK, Ireland, Continental Europe, America, Asia Pacific and the Middle east.