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Lenovo Group (Lenovo Group) Interest Coverage : 3.52 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Lenovo Group 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. Lenovo Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $613 Mil. Lenovo Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-174 Mil. Lenovo Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.52. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

LNVGY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.06   Med: 8.17   Max: 21.91
Current: 4.32


LNVGY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
75% of 1604 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.555 vs LNVGY: 4.32

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


Lenovo Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lenovo Group'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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Lenovo Group Interest Coverage Chart

Lenovo Group Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.96 5.50 8.17 11.91 8.44

Lenovo Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Lenovo Group's Interest Coverage

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Lenovo Group'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.


Lenovo Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Lenovo Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lenovo Group 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.

Lenovo Group'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, Lenovo Group's Interest Expense was $-316 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2,669 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,964 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*2668.823/-316.112
=8.44

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Lenovo Group's Interest Expense was $-174 Mil. Its Operating Income was $613 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,827 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*612.937/-174.334
=3.52

* 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.


Lenovo Group  (OTCPK:LNVGY) 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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Lenovo Group (Lenovo Group) Business Description

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979 King's Road, 23rd Floor, Lincoln House, Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, HKG
Lenovo is a global technology hardware company with a leading market share in personal computers. Its operations are divided into three main business segments: PC and smart devices, mobile, and data center, which we expect to account for 55%, 11%, and 19% of sales in the midterm, respectively. The firm has been actively growing its data center business, which primarily sells network servers to enterprise and hyperscale customers, as well as storage equipment through its mainland China joint venture with NetApp. Server-related revenue contribution has jumped to 16% of overall sales in fiscal 2022, from 6% in 2015.