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Data Storage (Data Storage) Interest Coverage : N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Data Storage 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. Data Storage's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.25 Mil. Data Storage's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 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.

Good Sign:

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

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


DTST's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 29.315
* 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.


Data Storage Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Data Storage'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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Data Storage Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Data Storage's Interest Coverage

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Data Storage'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.


Data Storage's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Data Storage 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.

Data Storage'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, Data Storage's Interest Expense was $-0.08 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.17 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.04 Mil.

Data Storage did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Data Storage's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.25 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.04 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Data Storage'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.


Data Storage  (NAS:DTST) 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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Data Storage (Data Storage) Business Description

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Address
48 South Service Road, Suite 203, Melville, NY, USA, 11747
Data Storage Corporation engages in providing cybersecurity, compliance and cloud computing solutions. The company's segment includes Nexxis Inc; Flagship Solutions, LLC and CloudFirst Technologies Corporation and Corporate. It generates maximum revenue from the CloudFirst Technologies Corporation segment. The company's solutions include infrastructure, disaster recovery, email archival, compliance, electronic vaulting, virtualized recovery, telecom recovery services, and continuous data protection.
Executives
Mark Alexander Wyllie director 980 N. FEDERAL HWY, SUITE 302, BOCA RATON FL 33432
Christos Panagiotakos officer: Chief Financial Officer 1013 PLANDOME ROAD, MANHASSET NY 11030
Wendy Schmittzeh other: Secretary C/O DATA STORAGE CORPORATION, 48 S. SERVICE ROAD, SUITE 203, MELVILLE NY 11747
Matthew Grover director C/O DATA STORAGE CORPORATION, 48 S. SERVICE ROAD, SUITE 203, MELVILLE NY 11747
Todd A. Correll director 222 LAKEVIEW AVENUE, SUITE 1600, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
Thomas Kempster director, 10 percent owner, officer: COO, Pres of Tech Ops & Secy C/O DATA STORAGE CORPORATION, 68 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747
Harold Schwarts director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and Treasurer C/O DATA STORAGE CORPORATION, 68 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD, MELVILLE NY 11747
Charles M. Piluso director, 10 percent owner, officer: Pres/CEO/CFO/Chairman C/O DATA STORAGE CORPORATION, 48 S. SERVICE ROAD, SUITE 203, MELVILLE NY 11747
Piluso Family Associates, Llc 10 percent owner 495 MANHASSET WOODS ROAD, MANHASSET NY 11030
Jan Burman director, 10 percent owner 875 MERRICK AVENUE, WESTBURY NY 11590
John F. Coghlan director, 10 percent owner 36 VASSAR PLACE, ROCKVILLE CENTRE NY 11570
Clifford Stein director 5345 PINE TREE DRIVE, MIAMI BEACH FL 33140
Joseph B. Hoffman director 9204 REDWOOD AVE, BETHESDA MD 20817
Matthew P Grosso officer: Secretary, Treasurer and, other: Vice President 19 HASTING DRIVE, STONY BROOK NY 11790
Peter W Briggs officer: Vice President 152 CROMPTON AVENUE #4, EAST GREENWICH RI 02818

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