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Tel Instrument Electronics (Tel Instrument Electronics) Interest Coverage : 10.74 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Tel Instrument Electronics 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. Tel Instrument Electronics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.25 Mil. Tel Instrument Electronics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.02 Mil. Tel Instrument Electronics's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.74. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

TIKK' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.53   Med: 3.99   Max: 29.98
Current: 0.53


TIKK's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
96.15% of 208 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 7.205 vs TIKK: 0.53

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


Tel Instrument Electronics Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tel Instrument Electronics'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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Tel Instrument Electronics Interest Coverage Chart

Tel Instrument Electronics Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
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Tel Instrument Electronics Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Tel Instrument Electronics's Interest Coverage

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Tel Instrument Electronics'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.


Tel Instrument Electronics's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Tel Instrument Electronics's Interest Coverage falls into.



Tel Instrument Electronics 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.

Tel Instrument Electronics's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Tel Instrument Electronics's Interest Expense was $-0.26 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.86 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.32 Mil.

Tel Instrument Electronics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Tel Instrument Electronics's Interest Expense was $-0.02 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.25 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.17 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*0.247/-0.023
=10.74

* 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.


Tel Instrument Electronics  (OTCPK:TIKK) 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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Tel Instrument Electronics (Tel Instrument Electronics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
One Branca Road, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073
Tel Instrument Electronics Corp is a designer and manufacturer of avionics test and measurement solutions for the global commercial air transport, general aviation, and government, military aerospace, and defense markets. It designs, manufactures and sells instruments to test and measure, and calibrates and repairs airborne navigation and communication equipment. The company's reportable segments are Avionics government and Avionics commercial. The avionics government segment consists of the design, manufacture, and sale of test equipment to the U.S. and foreign governments and militaries. The Avionics commercial segment consists of design, manufacture, and sale of test equipment to domestic and foreign airlines. It generates a majority of its revenue from the Avionics Government segment.
Executives
Dowling Vincent J. Jr 10 percent owner 54 LEDYARD, WEST HARTFORD CT 06117
Robert A Rice director 728 GARDEN ST, CARLSTADT NJ 07072
Joseph P Macaluso 10 percent owner, officer: Principal Accounting Officer
Stephen A Fletcher director, 10 percent owner ONE BRANCA RD, EAST RUTHERFORD NJ 07073-2121
Sadie Elizabeth Fletcher 10 percent owner ONE BRANCA RD, EAST RUTHERFORD NJ 07073-2121
Michael Wolfgang Schirmer officer: Chief Operating Officer ONE BRANCA ROAD, EAST RUTHERFORD NJ 07073
Jeff C Ohara director ONE BRANCA RD, EAST RUTHERFORD NJ 07073
George J Leon director, 10 percent owner
Chris H Allen officer: VP of Operations ONE BRANCA RD, EAST RUTHERFORD NJ 07073
Harold K Fletcher director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO
Marc A Mastrangelo officer: Vice President-Manufacturing 728 GARDEN ST, CARLSTADT NJ 07072
Adam Rachlin officer: Vice President 728 GARDEN ST, CARLSTADT NJ 07072
Charles R Palanzo officer: COO 728 GARDEN STREET, CARLSTADT NJ 07072
Robert H Walker director C/O ROBOTIC VISION SYSTEMS INC, 486 AMHERST STREET, NASHUA NH 03063
Robert J Melnick director, officer: Vice President

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