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Kaman (KAMN) Interest Coverage : 1.16 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kaman 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. Kaman's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $12.4 Mil. Kaman's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-10.6 Mil. Kaman's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.16. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

KAMN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.33   Med: 3.54   Max: 8.28
Current: 1.35


KAMN's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
88.84% of 215 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 7 vs KAMN: 1.35

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


Kaman Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kaman'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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Kaman Interest Coverage Chart

Kaman 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 3.70 2.37 3.54 - 1.33

Kaman 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 - 1.12 1.77 1.33 1.16

Competitive Comparison of Kaman's Interest Coverage

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Kaman'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.


Kaman's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Kaman's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Kaman 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.

Kaman'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, Kaman's Interest Expense was $-40.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $53.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $363.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*53.021/-39.997
=1.33

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Kaman's Interest Expense was $-10.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $12.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $363.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*12.373/-10.648
=1.16

* 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.


Kaman  (NYSE:KAMN) 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 .


Kaman Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Kaman (KAMN) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1332 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, CT, USA, 06002
Kaman Corp is a diversified company that conducts business in the aerospace and defense, medical and industrial markets. The Engineered Products segment serves the aerospace and defense, industrial and medical markets providing sophisticated proprietary aircraft bearings and components. The Precision Products segment serves the aerospace and defense markets providing precision safe and arming solutions for missile and bomb systems for the U.S. and allied militaries. The Structures segment serves the aerospace and defense and medical end markets providing sophisticated complex metallic and composite aerostructures for commercial, military, and general aviation fixed military and general aviation fixed and rotary wing aircraft, and medical imaging solutions.
Executives
Matthew King Petterson officer: VP CAO & CONTROLLER C/O KAMAN CORPORATION, PO BOX 1, BLOOMFIELD CT 06002
Wilfredo Roy Dilig officer: VP INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY C/O KAMAN CORPORATION, PO BOX 1, BLOOMFIELD CT 06002
Smith Richard Stanley Jr officer: SVP GEN COUNSEL & SECRETARY C/O KAMAN CORPORATION, PO BOX 1, BLOOMFIELD CT 06002
Carroll Kent Lane officer: SVP and President KAV and KPP C/O KAMAN CORPORATION, PO BOX 1, BLOOMFIELD CT 06002
Callaway E Reeves Iii director C/O KAMAN CORP, PO BOX 1, BLOOMFIELD CT 06002-0001
Niharika Ramdev director C/O XL HYBRIDS, INC., 145 NEWTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02135
Darlene Ruth Smith officer: President KAV and KPP C/O KAMAN CORPORATION, PO BOX 1, BLOOMFIELD CT 06002
Rafael Zev Cohen officer: VP IT & Cybersecurity C/O KAMAN CORPORATION, BLOOMFIELD CT 06002
Megan Amanda Morgan officer: VP-HR & CHRO C/O KAMAN CORPORATION, PO BOX 1, BLOOMFIELD CT 06002
Kristen Mcdonald Samson officer: VP and CMCO C/O KAMAN CORPORATION, PO BOX 1, BLOOMFIELD CT 06002
Russell James Bartlett other: Sr. VP & Chief Operating Offcr C/O KAMAN CORPORATION, PO BOX 1, BLOOMFIELD CT 06002
Aisha Barry director 111 4TH AVE N UNIT 304, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401
Michelle Lohmeier director C/O SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC., WICHITA KS 67210
Ian K. Walsh director, officer: President & CEO 111 E. KILBOURNE AVE, MILWAULKEE WI 53202
Thomas W Rabaut director C/O CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC, 5 GARRET MOUNTAIN PLAZA, WEST PATERSON NJ 07424