GlaxoSmithKline (CAI:BIOC) Interest Coverage: 132.05 (As of Sep. 2016)

GlaxoSmithKline  (CAI:BIOC) 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 .

GlaxoSmithKline Interest Coverage Related Terms

The historical data trend for GlaxoSmithKline'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.

GlaxoSmithKline Interest Coverage Chart

GlaxoSmithKline Quarterly Data
	Dec12	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial								0.00	37.12	0.00	No Debt	132.05

CAI:BIOC vs PRPH: Interest Coverage Comparison

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, GlaxoSmithKline'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.

GlaxoSmithKline Interest Coverage vs Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, GlaxoSmithKline's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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

GlaxoSmithKline 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

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

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

GlaxoSmithKline's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015, GlaxoSmithKline's Interest Expense was E£-19 Mil. Its Operating Income was E£126 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was E£0 Mil.

GlaxoSmithKline's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2016, GlaxoSmithKline's Interest Expense was E£-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was E£107 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was E£0 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

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