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BroadSoft (BroadSoft) Interest Coverage : 0.68 (As of Sep. 2017)


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What is BroadSoft 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. BroadSoft's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2017 was $0.6 Mil. BroadSoft's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2017 was $-0.8 Mil. BroadSoft's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was 0.68. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


BSFT's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 29.37
* 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.


BroadSoft Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for BroadSoft'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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BroadSoft Interest Coverage Chart

BroadSoft Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 3.67 0.91 0.85 1.43 0.98

BroadSoft Quarterly Data
Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17
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 2.06 1.03 - - 0.68

Competitive Comparison of BroadSoft's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Application subindustry, BroadSoft'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.


BroadSoft's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, BroadSoft's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



BroadSoft 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.

BroadSoft's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016, BroadSoft's Interest Expense was $-15.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $15.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $201.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2016 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2016 )
=-1*15.507/-15.756
=0.98

BroadSoft's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2017, BroadSoft's Interest Expense was $-0.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $145.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2017 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2017 )
=-1*0.569/-0.832
=0.68

* 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.


BroadSoft  (NAS:BSFT) 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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BroadSoft (BroadSoft) Business Description

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BroadSoft provides cloud-based software and services that enable telecommunications-service providers to deliver hosted Unified Communications to enterprise customers. UC-One is the firm's flagship communications and collaboration offering. It integrates real-time communication services such as instant messaging and web conferencing, with non-real-time services such as email and fax. The firm's clients are typically large telecommunications service providers, and their end-customers are enterprises in hospitality, government, education, and healthcare industries. A large majority of the firm's revenue is generated in the United States, but BroadSoft has a sizable presence in Asia-Pacific and Europe.
Executives
Douglas L Maine director ALBEMARLE CORP, 451 FLORIDA ST, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Gavin Eva Sage director C/O GAP INC., TWO FOLSOM ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105-1205
Andrew M Geisse director 208 S. AKARD ST., DALLAS TX 75202
Gavin John J Jr director
Markley John D. Jr. director COLUMBIA CAPITAL, 201 NORTH UNION STREET, SUITE VA 22314
Dino Dipalma officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O BROADSOFT, INC., 9737 WASHINGTONIAN BOULEVARD, SUITE 350, GAITHERBURG MD 20878
Patrick Joggerst officer: VP-Worldwide Sales C/O BROADSOFT, INC., 9737 WASHINGTONIAN BOULEVARD, SUITE 350, GAITHERSBURG MD 20878
Charles L Ill director 901 MARQUETTE AVENUE, SUITE 3200, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Robert P Goodman director 1865 PALMER AVENUE, SUITE 104, LARCHMONT NY 10538
Deer Management Co. Llc 10 percent owner C/O BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS, 1865 PALMER AVENUE, SUITE 104, LARCHMONT NY 10538
Andrew M. Miller director 6001 AMERICA CENTER DR., SAN JOSE CA 95164

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