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Asta Funding (Asta Funding) Interest Coverage : 128.00 (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is Asta Funding 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. Asta Funding's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2020 was $0.13 Mil. Asta Funding's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2020 was $-0.00 Mil. Asta Funding's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 128.00. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

(1) 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.

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


ASFI's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Credit Services industry.
Industry Median: 76.255
* 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.


Asta Funding Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Asta Funding'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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Asta Funding Interest Coverage Chart

Asta Funding Annual Data
Trend Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19
Interest Coverage
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Asta Funding Quarterly Data
Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20
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 No Debt No Debt N/A N/A 128.00

Competitive Comparison of Asta Funding's Interest Coverage

For the Credit Services subindustry, Asta Funding'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.


Asta Funding's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Asta Funding's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Asta Funding 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.

Asta Funding's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2019 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2019, Asta Funding's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $7.74 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Asta Funding had no debt (1).

Asta Funding's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2020, Asta Funding's Interest Expense was $-0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.13 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.49 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2020 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2020 )
=-1*0.128/-0.001
=128.00

* 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.


Asta Funding  (NAS:ASFI) 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 .


Asta Funding Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Asta Funding (Asta Funding) Business Description

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Address
210 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA, 07632
Asta Funding Inc is a US-based company engaged in the business of acquiring, managing, servicing and recovering on portfolios of consumer receivables. It has organized its business into three segments: Consumer Receivables, Personal Injury Claims, Social Security Disability Advocacy. Its business activity involves purchasing, managing for its own account and servicing distressed consumer receivables, including charged-off receivables, semi-performing receivables and performing receivables, purchasing interests in personal injury claims from claimants who are a party to personal injury litigation, purchasing periodic structured settlements and annuity policies from individuals in exchange for a lump sum payment.
Executives
Gary Stern director, officer: President and CEO 210 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632
David S Slackman director
Louis A Piccolo director C/O ASTA FUNDING, INC. 210 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD NJ 07632
Seth Berman officer: Secretary & General Counsel C/O ASTA FUNDING 210 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632
Ricky Stern 10 percent owner, officer: Senior Vice President 210 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGELWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632
Steven Leidenfrost officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ASTA FUNDING, INC. 210 SYLVAN AVENUE, SUITE 1 ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632
Michael R. Monteleone director 210 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632
Timothy H. Bishop director 210 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632
Mark Levenfus director ASTA FUNDING INC. 210 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632
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