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Profire Energy (Profire Energy) Interest Coverage : 927.00 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Profire Energy 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. Profire Energy's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.78 Mil. Profire Energy's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.00 Mil. Profire Energy's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 927.00. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Profire Energy Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

PFIE' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 288.61   Med: No Debt   Max: No Debt
Current: 1317.22


PFIE's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
87.75% of 759 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.79 vs PFIE: 1317.22

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


Profire Energy Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Profire Energy'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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Profire Energy Interest Coverage Chart

Profire Energy Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only N/A N/A N/A 288.61 1,317.11

Profire Energy Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 - 3,306.00 3,224.00 636.00 927.00

Competitive Comparison of Profire Energy's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Profire Energy'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.


Profire Energy's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Profire Energy's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Profire Energy 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.

Profire Energy'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, Profire Energy's Interest Expense was $-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income was $11.85 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.31 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*11.854/-0.009
=1,317.11

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Profire Energy's Interest Expense was $-0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2.78 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.31 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2.781/-0.003
=927.00

* 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.


Profire Energy  (NAS:PFIE) 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 .


Profire Energy Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Profire Energy (Profire Energy) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
321 South 1250 West, Suite 1, Lindon, UT, USA, 84042
Profire Energy Inc is an oilfield technology company operating in the United States. It is engaged in the business of developing combustion management technologies for the oil and gas industry. The company specializes in the creation of burner-management systems, used on a variety of oilfield natural-draft fire tube vessels. In addition to the burner-management systems, the company also sell complementary oilfield products to its customer. Geographically, the company divides its business into two business unit namely the United States and Canada and majority of its revenue comes from the United States.
Executives
Harold Albert 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Operating Officer BAY 12, 55 ALBERTA AVE, SPRUCE GROVE A0 T7X 3A6
Bell Colleen Larkin director 333 S STATE STREET, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84145-0433
Patrick David Fisher officer: VP of Product Development 321 SOUTH 1250 WEST, LINDON UT 84042
Brenton W Hatch 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer BAY 12, 55 ALBERTA AVE, SPRUCE GROVE A0 T7X 3A6
Cameron M. Tidball officer: CBDO 321 SOUTH 1250 WEST SUITE 1, LINDON UT 84042
Jay Grant Fugal officer: VP of Operations 321 SOUTH 1250 WEST, SUITE 1, LINDON UT 84042
Daren Shaw director 27101 PUERTA REAL, SUITE 450, MISSION VIEJO CA 92691
Ronald R Spoehel director 12015 LEE JACKSON HIGHWAY, FAIRFAX VA 22033
Ryan W Oviatt officer: Chief Financial Officer 321 SOUTH 1250 WEST SUITE 1, LINDON UT 84042
Stephen E Pirnat director 4728 EAST 98TH STREET, TULSA OK 74137
Crouch Arlen director 2566 BARCELONA DRIVE, SANDY UT 84093
Andrew Limpert director, 10 percent owner, officer: Interim CEO & CFO 1245 BRICKYARD ROAD, SUITE 590, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84106
Mike Carroll director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO, CFO & President 408 BREWSTER LANE, SAINT SIMONS ISLAND GA 21522
Joel Arline director 1606 REYNOLDS STREET, BRUNSWICK GA 31520