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Polycom (FRA:PLY) Effective Interest Rate on Debt % : 2.86% (As of Jun. 2016)


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What is Polycom Effective Interest Rate on Debt %?

Effective Interest Rate on Debt % is the usage rate that a borrower actually pays on a debt. It is calculated as the positive value of Interest Expense divided by its average total debt. Total debt equals to Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation plus Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. Polycom's annualized positive value of Interest Expense for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was €6 Mil. Polycom's average total debt for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was €208 Mil. Therefore, Polycom's annualized Effective Interest Rate on Debt % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was 2.86%.

Polycom Effective Interest Rate on Debt % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Polycom's Effective Interest Rate on Debt % 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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Polycom Effective Interest Rate on Debt % Chart

Polycom Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Effective Interest Rate on Debt %
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Polycom Quarterly Data
Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16
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Competitive Comparison of Polycom's Effective Interest Rate on Debt %

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Polycom's Effective Interest Rate on Debt %, along with its competitors' market caps and Effective Interest Rate on Debt % data, can be viewed below:

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Polycom's Effective Interest Rate on Debt % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Polycom's Effective Interest Rate on Debt % distribution charts can be found below:

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Polycom Effective Interest Rate on Debt % Calculation

Polycom's annualized Effective Interest Rate on Debt % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Effective Interest Rate on Debt %
=-1  *  Interest Expense/( (Total Debt  (A: Dec. 2014 )+Total Debt  (A: Dec. 2015 ))/ count )
=-1  *  -5.628/( (194.828+215.285)/ 2 )
=-1  *  -5.628/205.0565
=2.74 %

where

Total Debt  (A: Dec. 2014 )
=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation
=190.192 + 4.636
=194.828

Total Debt  (A: Dec. 2015 )
=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation
=210.037 + 5.248
=215.285

Polycom's annualized Effective Interest Rate on Debt % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 is calculated as

Effective Interest Rate on Debt %
=-1  *  Interest Expense/( (Total Debt  (Q: Mar. 2016 )+Total Debt  (Q: Jun. 2016 ))/ count )
=-1  *  -5.94/( (209.311+206.175)/ 2 )
=-1  *  -5.94/207.743
=2.86 %

where

Total Debt  (Q: Mar. 2016 )
=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation
=204.177 + 5.134
=209.311

Total Debt  (Q: Jun. 2016 )
=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation
=201.087 + 5.088
=206.175

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Effective Interest Rate on Debt %, the Interest Expense of the last fiscal year and the average total debt over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the Interest Expense data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2016) interest expense data. Effective Interest Rate on Debt % is displayed in the 30-year financial page.

Polycom  (FRA:PLY) Effective Interest Rate on Debt % Explanation

Effective Interest Rate on Debt % measures the usage rate that a borrower actually pays on a debt.

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Polycom Inc was incorporated in December 1990 in Delaware. The Company provides an open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions for voice, video and content collaboration solutions. Its solutions are powered by the Polycom RealPresence Platform, comprehensive software infrastructure and rich application programming interfaces (APIs) that interoperate with a set of communication, business, mobile, and cloud applications and devices to deliver secure face-to-face video collaboration across different environments. The Company is engaged in helping organizations achieve new levels of teamwork, efficiency and productivity by unleashing the power of human collaboration. The Company sells its solutions through a high-touch sales model that leverages its network of channel partners, including distributors, value-added resellers, system integrators; communications services providers, and retailers. The Company serves in three geographical segments; Americas, EMEA and APAC. Its products and solutions are; UC Group Systems, which includes immersive telepresence, group video and group voice systems. UC Platform, which includes collaboration servers, virtualization management "distributed media optimization", resource management, recording and streaming, open API's and remote access technologies that constitute the RealPresence Platform, and UC Personal Devices, which includes desktop video devices and desktop voice products. It competes in the UC&C market with products and solutions that enable voice, video and content collaboration on-premises, across intranets, extranets, mobile devices, and the Internet via its customer premises-based RealPresence Platform, web-based social-collaboration business platforms, and video collaboration-as-a-service offerings delivered from the cloud. These competitors include but are not limited to Cisco Systems, Inc., Acano, Avaya Inc., Blue Jeans Networks, Inc., ClearOne Communications, Inc., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Logitech International S.A./LifeSize, PexIP, Snom Technology Ag, Vidyo, Inc., Yamaha Corporation/Revolabs, Inc., Yealink, ZTE Corporation and others. Its products and services are subject to various federal, state, local, and foreign laws and regulations.

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