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Meta Data (Meta Data) Interest Expense : $-3.82 Mil (TTM As of Aug. 2023)


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What is Meta Data Interest Expense?

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money. Meta Data's interest expense for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was $ -3.40 Mil. Its interest expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2023 was $-3.82 Mil.

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. Meta Data's Operating Income for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was $ 12.89 Mil. Meta Data's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was $ -3.40 Mil. Meta Data's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 3.79. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is. Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Meta Data Interest Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meta Data's Interest Expense 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.

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Meta Data Interest Expense Chart

Meta Data Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Interest Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -8.49 -8.57 -7.95 -7.41 -3.82

Meta Data Semi-Annual Data
Aug15 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23
Interest Expense 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 0.34 -0.28 -7.13 -0.42 -3.40

Meta Data Interest Expense Calculation

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money.

Interest Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-3.82 Mil.

* 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.

Meta Data  (NYSE:AIU) Interest Expense Explanation

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. The higher, the better.

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

Meta Data's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was $-3.40 Mil. Its Operating Income for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was $12.89 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was $1.21 Mil.

Meta Data's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Aug. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Aug. 2023 )
=-1*12.892/-3.4
=3.79

* 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.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Meta Data Ltd interest coverage is 3.56, which is low.

Meta Data (Meta Data) Business Description

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Website
https://www.aiumeta.com
Meta Data Ltd is engaged in artificial intelligent education service (AIE) and artificial intelligent universe (AIU) IAAS service. AIE is to build an intelligent training system based on intelligent training plat-from to provide the maximum immersive experience and the technical foundation for learning, and implementation in RT3D with 360-degree landscape. AIU IAAS service provides software & hardware infrastructure (IAAS) to Metaverse business operator or individual users. Company classified business segment into Artificial Intelligent Education (AIE) service and Artificial Intelligent Universe (AIU) IAAS service. The company generates all of its revenue in the PRC.
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Yiheng Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 101 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 2880, San Francisco CA 94111