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MTZ (MasTec) Interest Coverage : 2.33 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is MasTec 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. MasTec's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was $118 Mil. MasTec's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was $-51 Mil. MasTec's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 2.33. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

MTZ' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.34   Med: 5.47   Max: 7.79
Current: 0.97


MTZ's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
91.56% of 1291 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.13 vs MTZ: 0.97

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


MasTec Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for MasTec'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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MasTec Interest Coverage Chart

MasTec 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 7.67 7.54 7.79 1.11 0.34

MasTec Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
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 1.15 0.99 0.63 0.01 2.33

Competitive Comparison of MasTec's Interest Coverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, MasTec'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.


MasTec's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

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



MasTec 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.

MasTec'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, MasTec's Interest Expense was $-234 Mil. Its Operating Income was $80 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,181 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*80.111/-234.405
=0.34

MasTec's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2024, MasTec's Interest Expense was $-51 Mil. Its Operating Income was $118 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,643 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*117.806/-50.571
=2.33

* 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.


MasTec  (NYSE:MTZ) 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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MasTec Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
800 S. Douglas Road, 12th Floor, Coral Gables, FL, USA, 33134
MasTec is a leading infrastructure construction company operating mainly in North America across a range of industries. The company's primary activities include the engineering, building, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of communications, oil and gas, utility, renewable energy, and other infrastructure. MasTec reports its results under five reportable segments: communications; clean energy and infrastructure; oil and gas; power delivery; and other.
Executives
Robert E Apple officer: Chief Operations Officer 800 S DOUGLAS ROAD, 12TH FLOOR, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
C Robert Campbell officer: EVP & CFO 800 DOUGLAS ROAD, 12TH FLOOR, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Ernst N Csiszar director 2600 S RIVER ROAD, DES PLAINES IL 60018
Javier Alberto Palomarez director 3405 PINNEY POINT DRIVE, FLOWER MOUND TX 75022
Paul Dimarco officer: CFO 800 S. DOUGLAS ROAD, SUITE 1200, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Timothy Michael Love officer: CAO 8915 GEORGE WILLIAMS RD., KNOXVILLE TN 37923
Ava L Parker director 1469 HARRINGTON PARK DRIVE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32225
De Cardenas Alberto I officer: Executive Vice President 800 S DOUGLAS ROAD, 12TH FLOOR, CORAL GABLES X1 33134
George Pita officer: CFO 3000 NW 107TH AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33172
Robert J Dwyer director 880 SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD, PALM BEACH FL 33480
Jose S Sorzano director AUSTIN GROUP INC, 5305 LEE HIGHWAY NORTH, ARLINGTON VA 22207
Julia L Johnson director NETCOMMUNICATIONS LLC, 614 GRAND HIGHWAY, CLAREMONT FL 34711
Jorge Mas director, 10 percent owner 800 DOUGLAS ROAD, 12TH FLOOR, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Jose Ramon Mas director, officer: EVP 800 DOUGLAS ROAD, 12TH FLOOR, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Daniel A Restrepo director C/O MASTEC, INC., 800 S. DOUGLAS RD., 12TH FLOOR, CORAL GABLES FL 33134