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Media Pal Holdings (Media Pal Holdings) Interest Coverage : N/A (As of Jan. 2001)


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What is Media Pal 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. Media Pal Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2001 was $-0.33 Mil. Media Pal Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2001 was $0.00 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

(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 Media Pal Holdings's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


MPHD's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Waste Management industry.
Industry Median: 4.875
* 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.


Media Pal Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Media Pal 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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Media Pal Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Media Pal Holdings Annual Data
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Media Pal Holdings Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Media Pal Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Waste Management subindustry, Media Pal 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.


Media Pal Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Media Pal Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Media Pal 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.

Media Pal Holdings's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2000 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2000, Media Pal Holdings's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.94 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Media Pal Holdings had no debt (1).

Media Pal Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2001 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2001, Media Pal Holdings's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.33 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.10 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Media Pal Holdings's interest coverage with the available data.

* 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.


Media Pal Holdings  (OTCPK:MPHD) 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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Media Pal Holdings (Media Pal Holdings) Business Description

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Address
1700 Prospect Street, Sarasota, FL, USA, 34239
Website
Media Pal Holdings Corp operates as a non-hazardous waste treatment and disposal facility. It operates a 250-gallon per minute waste stream separation system at the Wyoming Avenue terminal facility.

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