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Surgepays (Surgepays) Interest Coverage

: 7.40 (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. Surgepays's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.9 Mil. Surgepays's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.1 Mil. Surgepays's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.40. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

SURG' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.32   Med: 8.5   Max: 31.71
Current: 31.71


SURG's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
50.84% of 1603 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.52 vs SURG: 31.71

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


Surgepays Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Surgepays'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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Surgepays Annual Data
Trend Apr14 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 - - - 0.32 31.65

Surgepays 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 7.16 24.51 39.76 54.55 7.40

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Surgepays'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.


Surgepays Interest Coverage Distribution

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

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



Surgepays 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.

Surgepays'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, Surgepays's Interest Expense was $-0.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $18.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.8 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*18.865/-0.596
=31.65

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Surgepays's Interest Expense was $-0.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.8 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*0.866/-0.117
=7.40

* 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.


Surgepays  (NAS:SURG) 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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Surgepays (Surgepays) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3124 Brother Boulevard, Suite 104, Bartlett, TN, USA, 38133
Surgepays Inc is a fintech company focused on the underbanked community. It provides services to financial technology, telecommunications, and digital media companies. Its operating segment includes Surge Blockchain and Other; Surge Logics; TW and ECS (Electronic Check Services). The Company's blockchain platform utilizes a suite of financial and prepaid products to convert corner stores into tech hubs for underbanked neighbourhoods. The neighbourhood stores are profit partners that provide a multichannel distribution network for SurgePays.
Executives
Kevin Brian Cox director, 10 percent owner, officer: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 3124 BROTHER BLVD, STE. 104, BARTLETT W6 38133
Laurie Weisberg director C/O JERRICK MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., 2050 CENTER AVENUE, SUITE 640, FORT LEE NJ 07024
Richard Earl Schurfeld director 1600 MADISON AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR, TOLEDO OH 43604
John Mott officer: CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER 890 W, HILLWOOD DM, NASHVILLE TN 37205
David Allen May director 12131 BROOKS RIVER DR, ARLINGTON TN 38002
Nuzzo Anthony P. Jr director, officer: President and COO 3124 BROTHER BLVD, STE 104, BARTLETT TN 38133
Anthony Geogre Evers officer: Chief Financial Officer 701 ASHTON LANE, SOUTH ELGIN IL 60177
David N Keys director 3770 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY, STE 300, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
David C Ansani director 1375 VALLEY RD, BANNOCKBURN L3 60015
Campbell Ted Dudley Ii director PO BOX 1358, SPRING BRANCH TX 78070
Clinton W Coldren director, 10 percent owner, officer: PRESIDENT, CEO & CFO 1535 SONIAT ST.,, NEW ORLEANS LA 70115
Alan G Massara director 339 NORWOOD AVENUE, AVON BY THE SEA NJ 07717
Ross E Silvey director, officer: CEO and President 7633 EAST 63RD PLACE, #220, TULSA OK 74133
Vladimir Fedyunin director, 10 percent owner, officer: President, CEO and CFO PO BOX 158, LIONS BAY A1 VON 2E0