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Galata Acquisition (Galata Acquisition) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Mar. 2023)


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What is Galata Acquisition 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. Galata Acquisition's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2023 was $-0.36 Mil. Galata Acquisition's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Galata Acquisition has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Galata Acquisition Corp has no debt.

(1) 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.

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

GLTA.U' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: No Debt   Med: No Debt   Max: No Debt
Current: No Debt


GLTA.U's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: No Debt vs GLTA.U: No Debt

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


Galata Acquisition Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Galata Acquisition'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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Galata Acquisition Interest Coverage Chart

Galata Acquisition Annual Data
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Galata Acquisition Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Galata Acquisition's Interest Coverage

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Galata Acquisition'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.


Galata Acquisition's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Galata Acquisition's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Galata Acquisition 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.

Galata Acquisition's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, Galata Acquisition's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-2.95 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Galata Acquisition had no debt (1).

Galata Acquisition's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2023, Galata Acquisition's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.36 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Galata Acquisition had no debt (1).

* 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.


Galata Acquisition  (AMEX:GLTA.U) 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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Galata Acquisition (Galata Acquisition) Business Description

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Address
2001 South Street South West, Suite 320, Washington, DC, USA, 20009
Galata Acquisition Corp is a blank check company. It is formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.

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