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Avricore Health (Avricore Health) Interest Coverage : 52.00 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Avricore Health 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. Avricore Health's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.05 Mil. Avricore Health's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.00 Mil. Avricore Health's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 52.00. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


AVCRF's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry.
Industry Median: 13.21
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Avricore Health Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avricore Health'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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Avricore Health Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Avricore Health's Interest Coverage

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Avricore Health'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.


Avricore Health's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Avricore Health's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Avricore Health 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.

Avricore Health'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, Avricore Health's Interest Expense was $-0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.51 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Avricore Health did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Avricore Health's Interest Expense was $-0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.05 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*0.052/-0.001
=52.00

* 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.


Avricore Health  (OTCPK:AVCRF) 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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Avricore Health (Avricore Health) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1120 - 789 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 1H2
Avricore Health Inc is a Canada based company. The company is involved in the business of health data and point-of-care technologies. The Company has only one segment, being the HealthTab - Point of Care Business in Canada. The Company's revenues are generated from operating leases of the POCT system and sale of testing panels.

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