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Alexion Pharmaceuticals (Alexion Pharmaceuticals) Interest Coverage : 30.48 (As of Mar. 2021)


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What is Alexion Pharmaceuticals 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. Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2021 was $826 Mil. Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2021 was $-27 Mil. Alexion Pharmaceuticals's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was 30.48. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

ALXN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.17   Med: 27.42   Max: 310.04
Current: 27.8


ALXN's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 142.97 vs ALXN: 27.80

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


Alexion Pharmaceuticals Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alexion Pharmaceuticals'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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Alexion Pharmaceuticals Interest Coverage Chart

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.19 8.17 16.24 27.51 27.32

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21
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 28.63 29.81 27.93 23.36 30.48

Competitive Comparison of Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Alexion Pharmaceuticals'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.


Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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



Alexion Pharmaceuticals 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.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020, Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Interest Expense was $-105 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2,860 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,597 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2020 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2020 )
=-1*2859.9/-104.7
=27.32

Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2021, Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Interest Expense was $-27 Mil. Its Operating Income was $826 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,560 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2021 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2021 )
=-1*825.9/-27.1
=30.48

* 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.


Alexion Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:ALXN) 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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Alexion Pharmaceuticals (Alexion Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

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Address
121 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA, USA, 02210
Alexion Pharmaceuticals specializes in developing and marketing drugs for rare, life-threatening medical conditions. Its blockbuster product, Soliris, is approved for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Next-generation Ultomiris is approved in PNH and aHUS. Strensiq and Kanuma target ultrarare metabolic diseases. Alexion's pipeline targets rare diseases with high unmet need in hematology, nephrology, metabolic diseases, neurology, cardiology, and other areas.
Executives
Daniel Bazarko officer: SVP, Controller, CAO C/O ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 121 SEAPORT BOULEVARD BOSTON MA 02210
Tanisha Carino officer: EVP & CCAO C/O ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 121 SEAPORT BOULEVARD, BOSTON MA 02210
Anne-marie Law officer: EVP, Chief Experience Officer C/O BAXALTA INCORPORATED, 1200 LAKESIDE DRIVE, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Brian Goff officer: EVP & Chief Commercial Officer C/O ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC, 100 COLLEGE STREET, NEW HAVEN CT 06510
John J Orloff officer: EVP, Research & Development C/O BAXALTA INCORPORATED 1200 LAKESIDE DRIVE BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Indrani Lall Franchini officer: EVP, Chief Compliance Officer C/O ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC, 100 COLLEGE STREET, NEW HAVEN CT 06510
John T Mollen director 176 SOUTH STREET HOPKINTON MA 01748
David R Brennan director C/O INSMED INCORPORATED, 10 FINDERNE AVENUE, BRIDGEWATER NJ 08807
Baker Bros. Advisors (gp) Llc director 860 WASHINGTON STREET, 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
L.p. 667, director 860 WASHINGTON STREET, 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
Andreas Rummelt director C/O ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 352 KNOTTER DRIVE CHESHIRE CT 06410
Francois Nader director 550 HILLS DRIVE, BEDMINSTER NJ 07921
Baker Brothers Life Sciences Lp director 860 WASHINGTON STREET, 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
Deborah Dunsire director C/O ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 60 LEVERONI COURT, NOVATO CA 94949
Judith A Reinsdorf director C. R. BARD, INC., 730 CENTRAL AVENUE, MURRAY HILL NJ 07974

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