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Marker Therapeutics (Marker Therapeutics) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Marker Therapeutics 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. Marker Therapeutics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.94 Mil. Marker Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Marker Therapeutics has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Marker Therapeutics Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

(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 Marker Therapeutics's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


MRKR's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 144.99
* 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.


Marker Therapeutics Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Marker Therapeutics'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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Marker Therapeutics Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Marker Therapeutics's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Marker Therapeutics'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.


Marker Therapeutics's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Marker Therapeutics's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Marker Therapeutics 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.

Marker Therapeutics'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, Marker Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-14.58 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Marker Therapeutics had no debt (1).

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Marker Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-2.94 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Marker Therapeutics 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.


Marker Therapeutics  (NAS:MRKR) 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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Marker Therapeutics (Marker Therapeutics) Business Description

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Address
4551 Kennedy Commerce Drive, Houston, TX, USA, 77032
Marker Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company specializing in the development and commercialization of novel T cell-based immunotherapies and innovative peptide-based vaccines for the treatment of hematological malignancies and solid tumor indications. The company develops product candidates from its MultiTAA T cell technology, which is based on the selective expansion of non-engineered, tumor-specific T cells that recognize tumor-associated antigens, or TAAs, which are tumor targets, and then kill tumor cells expressing those targets. It is also developing peptide-based immunotherapeutic vaccines for the treatment of metastatic solid tumors, as well as PolyStart.
Executives
Eliot M Lurier officer: Interim CFO C/O TENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC., ONE COPLEY PARKWAY, SUITE 490, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Katharine Knobil director C/O KALEIDO BIOSCIENCES, INC., 65 HAYDEN AVE., LEXINGTON MA 02421
Frederick Gerald Wasserman director 4 NOBADEER DRIVE, PENNINGTON NJ 08534
Peter W. Sonsini 10 percent owner 2855 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Carmen Chang 10 percent owner 2855 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
New Enterprise Associates 16, L.p. 10 percent owner 1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE, SUITE 600, TIMONIUM MD 21093
Paul Edward Walker director 1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE, SUITE 600, TIMONIUM MD 21093
Peter L. Hoang director, officer: CEO and President C/O BELLICUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 2130 W. HOLCOMBE BLVD., STE. 800, HOUSTON TX 77030
Norman David Eansor director 8100 SOUTHPARK WAY, A-8, LITTLETON CO 80120
Mohamad Makhzoumi 10 percent owner 2855 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Ali Behbahani director 5425 WISCONSIN AVE, CHEVY CHASE MD 20815
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Forest Baskett 10 percent owner
Joshua Makower 10 percent owner 1212 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Juan Vera director 2925 RICHMOND AVENUE, SUITE 1274, HOUSTON TX 77098

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