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Richardson Electronics (Richardson Electronics) Interest Coverage

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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. Richardson Electronics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $1.0 Mil. Richardson Electronics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.0 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. 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. Richardson Electronics Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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


RELL's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 12.69
* 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.


Richardson Electronics Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Richardson Electronics'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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Richardson Electronics Annual Data
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Richardson Electronics Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Richardson Electronics'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.


Richardson Electronics Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Richardson Electronics's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Richardson Electronics 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.

Richardson Electronics's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023, Richardson Electronics's Interest Expense was $0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $25.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.4 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Richardson Electronics's interest coverage with the available data.

Richardson Electronics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2024, Richardson Electronics's Interest Expense was $0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.9 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Richardson Electronics's interest coverage with the available data.

* 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.


Richardson Electronics  (NAS:RELL) 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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Richardson Electronics (Richardson Electronics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
40W267 Keslinger Road, P.O. Box 393, LaFox, IL, USA, 60147-0393
Richardson Electronics Ltd provides engineered solutions, power grid, and microwave tubes and related consumables, power conversion, RF and microwave components, high-value flat panel detector solutions, replacement parts, tubes, and service training for diagnostic imaging equipment and customized display solutions. Its products have applications in alternative energy, healthcare, aviation, broadcast, communications, industrial, marine, medical, military, scientific, and semiconductor markets. The company segments include PMT (Power and Microwave Technologies Group), Canvys, (Green Energy Solutions) GES, and Healthcare reportable segments. The company derives the majority of its revenues from the PMT segment.
Executives
Robert H Kluge director C/O RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD., 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD P.O. BOX 393, LAFOX IL 60147
Kathleen Mcnally officer: Sr. VP Global Supply Chain C/O RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD., PO BOX 393, 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD, LAFOX IL 60147-0393
Wendy Diddell officer: EVP Corporate Development C/O RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD., PO BOX 393, 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD, LAFOX IL 60147
Gregory J Peloquin officer: EVP, EDG 40W267 KESLINGER RD, P O BOX 393, LAFOX IL 60147-0393
Paul J Plante director C/O RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD., PO BOX 393, 40W267 KESLINGER RD., LAFOX IL 60147
Jacques Belin director 40W267 KESLINGER RD., LAFOX IL 60147
James Benham director 40W267 KESLINGER RD., LAFOX IL 60147
Kenneth Halverson director 40W267 KESLINGER RD., LAFOX IL 60147
Jens Frank Ruppert officer: EVP Canvys 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD, P.O. BOX 393, LAFOX IL 60147
Robert J Ben officer: CFO, CAO, Corporate Secretary 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD PO BOX 393, LAFOX IL 60147
Fitzgerald Patrick Thomas Iii officer: EVP Healthcare 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD, P.O. BOX 393, LAFOX IL 60147
James Dudek officer: Controller & Chief Accounting C/O RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD, PO BOX 393, 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD, LAFOX IL 60147
Kathleen S Dvorak officer: EVP & CFO C/O RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD, PO BOX 393, 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD, LAFOX IL 60147
Edward J Richardson director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman & CEO C/O RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD, PO BOX 393, 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD, LAFOX IL 60147
Sandeep Beotra officer: EVP Mergers & Acquisitions 40W267 KESLINGER RD., LAFOX IL 60147

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