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Primoris Services (Primoris Services) Interest Coverage

: 3.49 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Primoris Services's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $76 Mil. Primoris Services's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-22 Mil. Primoris Services's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.49. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

PRIM' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.31   Med: 8.04   Max: 16.13
Current: 3.31


PRIM's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
70.86% of 1263 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.08 vs PRIM: 3.31

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


Primoris Services Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Primoris Services'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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Primoris Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.41 8.40 10.08 4.47 3.31

Primoris Services Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.38 1.18 4.25 4.25 3.49

Competitive Comparison

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Primoris Services'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.


Primoris Services Interest Coverage Distribution

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

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



Primoris Services 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.

Primoris Services'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, Primoris Services's Interest Expense was $-78 Mil. Its Operating Income was $259 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,149 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*258.758/-78.171
=3.31

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Primoris Services's Interest Expense was $-22 Mil. Its Operating Income was $76 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,149 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*75.851/-21.728
=3.49

* 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.


Primoris Services  (NYSE:PRIM) 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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Primoris Services (Primoris Services) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2300 N. Field Street, Suite 1900, Dallas, TX, USA, 75201
Primoris Services Corp is a specialty contractor and infrastructure company in the United States. It has three operating segments. The Utility segment specializes in a range of services, including the installation and maintenance of new and existing natural gas distribution systems, electric utility distribution and transmission systems, and communications systems. The pipeline segment constructs and maintains pipelines for the petroleum and petrochemical industries. The Energy/Renewables segment includes engineering, procurement, construction, retrofits, highway and bridge construction, demolition, and other services. The Energy/Renewables segment earns the majority of the revenue. Primoris earns most of its revenue in the U.S.
Executives
Thomas Edward Mccormick officer: Chief Operating Officer 2100 MCKINNEY AVE, SUITE 1500, DALLAS TX 75201
Stephen C. Cook director 7500 SAN FELIPE, STE. 600, HOUSTON TX 77063
David Lee King officer: Chief Operating Officer 2100 MCKINNEY AVE, SUITE 1500, DALLAS TX 75201
John M. Perisich officer: Senior VP and General Counsel, other: Member - see remark 26000 COMMERCENTRE DR., LAKE FOREST CA 92630
John Schauerman director, officer: Chief Financial Officer, other: Member - see remark 26000 COMMERCENTRE DR., LAKE FOREST CA 92630
Moreno John F Jr officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O PRIMORIS SERVICES CORPORATION, 2300 NORTH FIELD ST, SUITE 1900, DALLAS TX 75201
Michael E. Ching director C/O PRIMORIS SERVICES CORPORATION, 2300 N FIELD STREET, SUITE 1900, DALLAS TX 75201
Terry D Mccallister director 1100 H ST NW, WASHINGTON DC 20080
Jose Ramon Rodriguez director PRIMORIS SERVICES CORPORATION, 2300 NORTH FIELD STREET, SUITE 1900, DALLAS TX 75201
Thomas E. Tucker director 3 UPPER NEWPORT PLAZA DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Patricia K Wagner director 1720 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95020
Kenneth Morris Dodgen officer: Corporate Controller 2100 MCKINNEY AVE, SUITE 1500, DALLAS TX 75201
Brian Pratt director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, CEO & President, other: Member - see remark 5950 BERKSHIRE LANE, SUITE 800, DALLAS TX 75225
Carla S Mashinski director 8200 S. UNIT DRIVE, TULSA OK 74132
Travis L Stricker officer: Chief Accounting Officer 2103 RESEARCH FOREST DRIVE, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380