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Scientific Industries (Scientific Industries) Interest Coverage : N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Scientific Industries 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. Scientific Industries's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.34 Mil. Scientific Industries's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 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. Scientific Industries Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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


SCND's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 12.555
* 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.


Scientific Industries Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Scientific Industries'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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Scientific Industries Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Scientific Industries's Interest Coverage

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Scientific Industries'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.


Scientific Industries's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Scientific Industries 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.

Scientific Industries'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, Scientific Industries's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-9.26 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.01 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Scientific Industries's interest coverage with the available data.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Scientific Industries's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-2.34 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.01 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Scientific Industries'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.


Scientific Industries  (OTCPK:SCND) 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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Scientific Industries (Scientific Industries) Business Description

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Address
80 Orville Drive, Suite 102, Bohemia, NY, USA, 11716
Scientific Industries Inc is engaged in the design, manufacture, and marketing of benchtop laboratory equipment. Its products are used for research purposes by universities, pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies, national laboratories, medical device manufacturers, petrochemical companies, and other industries performing laboratory-scale research. The company's operating segment includes Benchtop Laboratory Equipment, Bioprocessing Systems and Corporate. It generates maximum revenue from the Benchtop Laboratory Equipment segment. The company offers equipment products such as mixers, shakers, stirrers, refrigerated incubators, pharmacy balances and scales, force gauges, catalyst instruments, reactor systems, and high throughput systems.
Executives
Bleichroeder Lp 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 47TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Marcus Frampton director, 10 percent owner 800 F STREET, UNIT #P2, JUNEAU AK 99801
Jurgen Walter Schumacher director WARTAWEIL 14, HERRSCHING 2M 82211
Reginald Averilla officer: Chief Financial Officer 175-20 WEXFORD TERRACE, APT 2X, JAMAICA NY 11432
Joseph G Cremonese director C/O SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES INC, 70 ORVILLE DR, BOHEMIA NY 11716
John A Moore director 403 MARSH LANE, WILMINGTON DE 19807
Helena R Santos director, officer: President and CEO
Veradace Partners Lp 10 percent owner 2626 COLE AVENUE, SUITE 300, DALLAS TX 75204
James B Polk officer: Chief Commercial Officer 7550 GLEN RIDGE DRIVE, CASTLE PINES CO 80101
Roy T Eddleman 10 percent owner 110 W. GEORGE BURNS ROAD, SUITE D-4018, LOS ANGELES CA 90048
Lyon Polk 10 percent owner 1585 BROADWAY, 22ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Christopher T Cox 10 percent owner CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT LLP, ONE WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER, NEW YORK NY 10281
Robert Nichols officer: Secretary C/O SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC., 70 ORVILLE DRIVE, BOHEMIA NY 11716
Watkins John F F director 469 PUMPKIN LANE, CLINTON CORNERS NY 12514
Karl Nowosielski officer: President-Division C/O SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, 70 ORVILLE DRIVE, BOHEMIA NY 11716