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Otelco (Otelco) Interest Expense : $-4.02 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2020)


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What is Otelco Interest Expense?

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money. Otelco's interest expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2020 was $ -0.93 Mil. Its interest expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 was $-4.02 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. Otelco's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2020 was $ 2.80 Mil. Otelco's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2020 was $ -0.93 Mil. Otelco's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was 3.03. 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.


Otelco Interest Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Otelco'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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Otelco Interest Expense Chart

Otelco Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Interest Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -10.63 -13.25 -5.84 -5.27 -4.03

Otelco Quarterly Data
Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.23 -1.18 -0.99 -0.93 -0.93

Otelco 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 Dec. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-4.02 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.


Otelco  (NAS:OTEL) 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.

Otelco's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2020 was $-0.93 Mil. Its Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2020 was $2.80 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the three months ended in Dec. 2020 was $62.23 Mil.

Otelco's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2020 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2020 )
=-1*2.802/-0.925
=3.03

* 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.


Otelco (Otelco) Business Description

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Address
505 Third Avenue East, Oneonta, AL, USA, 35121
Otelco Inc is a US-based company, which provides a broad range of telecommunication services on a retail and wholesale basis. It offers communication services related to telephone, long distance, Internet, broadband services and television. The principal markets for these services are business and residential customers residing in and adjacent to the exchanges the company serves in Alabama, Massachusetts, Maine, Missouri, Vermont, and West Virginia. In addition, it also offers cloud hosting and managed services for small and mid-sized companies who rely on mission-critical software applications. The company derives revenue through the source of local services, network access, internet, transport services, video and security and managed services.
Executives
Garner Curtis Lee Jr director, officer: Chief Financial Officer 505 3RD AVENUE EAST ONEONTA AL 35121
Jerry C Boles officer: SVP and Controller 91 HILLTOP ROAD ONEONTA AL 35121
Ira Sochet 10 percent owner 24 NORTH PINE CIRCLE, BELLEAIR FL 33756
Richard Allen Clark director, officer: President & CEO 505 3RD AVE. EAST ONEONTA AL 35121
Norman C Frost director IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. 115 S. SECOND AVE. W. NEWTON IA 50208
Howard James Haug director 681 PENN PLACE WINTER PARK FL 32789-2408
Barbara Dondiego director 1375 PEACHTREE STREET ATLANTA GA 30309
Judd Dayton director 878 S. DENTON TAP RD., SUITE 220, COPPELL TX 75019
Gary L Sugarman director C/O MACHTEN, INC., 1516 BARLOW STREET, SUITE D, TRAVERSE CITY MI 49686
Stephen Phillip Mccall director 199 WATER STREET, 20TH FLOOR C/O SEAPORT CAPITAL NEW YORK NY 10038
Robert J. Souza director, officer: President & CEO 12 COLONIAL DRIVE DURHAM ME 04222
Dennis Andrews officer: SVP - Regulatory & HR 40 CHERT ROAD ONEONTA AL 35121
Brian A Ross director 600 TELEPHONE AVE, MS#65, ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Ed Tisdale officer: SVP - Operations P.O. BOX 258 NEW GLOUCESTER ME 04260
E. Todd Wessing officer: VP and GM - Missouri 13869 NORTH HIGHWAY PILOT GROVE MO 65276

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