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Intel (INTC) Interest Coverage

: 5.40 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Intel's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,443 Mil. Intel's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-267 Mil. Intel's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.40. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

INTC' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04   Med: 37.48   Max: 81.47
Current: 0.04


INTC's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
100% of 620 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 20.44 vs INTC: 0.04

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


Intel Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Intel'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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Intel Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 45.87 37.96 36.99 4.71 0.04

Intel Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - 3.96 5.40

Competitive Comparison

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Intel'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.


Intel Interest Coverage Distribution

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

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



Intel 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.

Intel'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, Intel's Interest Expense was $-878 Mil. Its Operating Income was $31 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $46,978 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*31/-878
=0.04

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Intel's Interest Expense was $-267 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,443 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $46,978 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1443/-267
=5.40

* 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.


Intel  (NAS:INTC) 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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Intel (INTC) Business Description

Address
2200 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054-1549
Intel is a leading digital chipmaker, focused on the design and manufacturing of microprocessors for the global personal computer and data center markets. Intel pioneered the x86 architecture for microprocessors and was the prime proponent of Moore's law for advances in semiconductor manufacturing. Intel remains the market share leader in central processing units in both the PC and server end markets. Intel has also been expanding into new adjacencies, such as communications infrastructure, automotive, and the Internet of Things. Further, Intel expects to leverage its chip manufacturing capabilities into an outsourced foundry model where it constructs chips for others.
Executives
Lip Bu Tan director ONE CALIFORNIA STREET 28TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Patrick P Gelsinger officer: SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT VMWARE, INC., 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Michelle Johnston Holthaus officer: EVP & GM, CCG 1400 FOUNTAINGROVE PARKWAY, SANTA ROSA CA 95403
David Zinsner officer: EVP, CFO 1001 MURPHY RANCH ROAD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Omar Ishrak director 710 MEDTRONIC PKWY, MS LC300, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55432
Barbara Novick director 21 PINE COURT, NEW PROVIDENCE NJ 07974
Scott Gawel officer: CVP, Chief Accounting Officer
Boise April Miller officer: EVP and Chief Legal Officer C/O INTEL CORPORATION, 2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Christoph Schell officer: EVP; Chief Cml Ofcr; GM, SMG C/O INTEL CORPORATION, 2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Steven Ralph Rodgers officer: EVP General Counsel 2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD., ROSEVILLE CA 95054
Gregory M Bryant officer: EVP, GM, CCG 2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Tsu-jae King Liu director 2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Dion J Weisler director C/O HP INC., 1501 PAGE MILL RD, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Gregory D Smith director 100 N RIVERSIDE PLAZA, M/C 3005-1001, CHICAGO IL 60606-1596
James J Goetz director C/O SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL RD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025

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