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Silgan Holdings (Silgan Holdings) Interest Coverage : 2.86 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Silgan Holdings 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. Silgan Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $121 Mil. Silgan Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-42 Mil. Silgan Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.86. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

SLGN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.99   Med: 4.51   Max: 5.45
Current: 3.49


SLGN's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
69.55% of 312 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 7.215 vs SLGN: 3.49

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


Silgan Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Silgan Holdings'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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Silgan Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Silgan Holdings 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 3.77 4.72 5.45 5.35 3.48

Silgan Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 4.27 3.72 3.13 4.24 2.86

Competitive Comparison of Silgan Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Silgan Holdings'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.


Silgan Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Silgan Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Silgan Holdings 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.

Silgan Holdings'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, Silgan Holdings's Interest Expense was $-173 Mil. Its Operating Income was $604 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,546 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*603.848/-173.315
=3.48

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Silgan Holdings's Interest Expense was $-42 Mil. Its Operating Income was $121 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,546 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*121.324/-42.493
=2.86

* 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.


Silgan Holdings  (NYSE:SLGN) 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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Silgan Holdings (Silgan Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4 Landmark Square, Suite 400, Stamford, CT, USA, 06901
Silgan Holdings manufactures about half of the metal food containers in North America. Its major customers include Campbell Soup, Nestle, and Del Monte. Silgan's other business segments include plastic dispensers and containers for personal and healthcare products and a closures business that manufactures metal and plastic lids and caps.
Executives
Anthony J Allott officer: President and COO 4 LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 400, STAMFORD CT 06901
Thomas James Snyder officer: President - Silgan Containers C/O SILGAN CONTAINERS LLC, 21600 OXNARD STREET, SUITE 1600, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
Stacey J. Mcgrath officer: Vice President, Tax C/O SILGAN HOLDINGS INC., 4 LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 400, STAMFORD CT 06901
Joseph M Jordan director C/O SILGAN HOLDINGS INC., 4 LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 400, STAMFORD CT 06901
Robert B Lewis officer: EVP and CFO 4 LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 400, STAMFORD CT 06901
Shawn C Fabry officer: SVP, Corporate Development C/O SILGAN HOLDINGS INC., 4 LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 400, STAMFORD CT 06901
Kimberly Irene Ulmer officer: Vice President & Controller 4 LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 400, STAMFORD CT 06901
Niharika Ramdev director C/O XL HYBRIDS, INC., 145 NEWTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02135
Daniel Patrick Murphy officer: Vice President & Controller C/O SILGAN HOLDINGS INC., 4 LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 400, STAMFORD CT 06901
B. Frederick Prinzen officer: Vice President, Corp. Dev. SILGAN HOLDINGS INC., 4 LANDMARK SQUARE, STAMFORD CT 06901
Jay A Martin officer: Vice President P O BOX 5311, NEW CASTLE PA 16105
D Greg Horrigan director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-Chairman and Co-CEO 4 LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 400, STAMFORD CT 06901
William T Donovan director C/O SILGAN HOLDINGS INC., 4 LANDMARK SQUARE SUITE 400, STAMFORD CT 06901
Kimberly A Fields director C/O ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, 1000 SIX PPG PLACE, PITTSBURGH PA 15217
Anthony P Andreacchi officer: Vice President, Tax 4 LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 400, STAMFORD CT 06901

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