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QAD (QADB) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Jul. 2021)


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What is QAD 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. QAD's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jul. 2021 was $-5.8 Mil. QAD's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jul. 2021 was $-0.2 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

QADB' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.02   Med: 14.59   Max: 21.49
Current: 10.49


QADB's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 29.37 vs QADB: 10.49

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


QAD Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for QAD'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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QAD Interest Coverage Chart

QAD Annual Data
Trend Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.02 - 14.89 - 21.49

QAD Quarterly Data
Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21
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Competitive Comparison of QAD's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Application subindustry, QAD'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.


QAD's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



QAD 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.

QAD's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2021, QAD's Interest Expense was $-0.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $12.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $29.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jan. 2021 )/Interest Expense (A: Jan. 2021 )
=-1*12.698/-0.591
=21.49

QAD's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jul. 2021, QAD's Interest Expense was $-0.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-5.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $15.3 Mil.

QAD did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


QAD  (NAS:QADB) 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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QAD (QADB) Business Description

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Address
100 Innovation Place, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 93108
QAD Inc is a leading provider of flexible, cloud-based and on-premise enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies across automotive, life sciences, consumer products, food and beverage, and industrial markets. The firm operates primarily in the following geographic regions: North America, Latin America, EMEA and the Asia Pacific. The company derives revenue from licensing software solutions, subscriptions to its cloud offerings, and maintenance fees.