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FDM Group (Holdings) (CHIX:FDML) Interest Coverage : 22.09 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is FDM Group (Holdings) 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. FDM Group (Holdings)'s Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was £15.0 Mil. FDM Group (Holdings)'s Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was £-0.7 Mil. FDM Group (Holdings)'s interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 22.09. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for FDM Group (Holdings)'s Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

CHIX:FDMl' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 24.8   Med: 75.2   Max: 2683.36
Current: 24.8


CHIX:FDMl's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
52.06% of 1627 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.18 vs CHIX:FDMl: 24.80

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


FDM Group (Holdings) Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for FDM Group (Holdings)'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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FDM Group (Holdings) Interest Coverage Chart

FDM Group (Holdings) Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 55.95 74.49 97.13 75.90 24.80

FDM Group (Holdings) Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
Interest Coverage 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 127.08 120.59 53.37 27.72 22.09

Competitive Comparison of FDM Group (Holdings)'s Interest Coverage

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, FDM Group (Holdings)'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.


FDM Group (Holdings)'s Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, FDM Group (Holdings)'s Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where FDM Group (Holdings)'s Interest Coverage falls into.


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FDM Group (Holdings) 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.

FDM Group (Holdings)'s Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, FDM Group (Holdings)'s Interest Expense was £-1.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was £32.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £17.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*32.333/-1.304
=24.80

FDM Group (Holdings)'s Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, FDM Group (Holdings)'s Interest Expense was £-0.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was £15.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £17.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*14.979/-0.678
=22.09

* 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.


FDM Group (Holdings)  (CHIX:FDMl) 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 .


FDM Group (Holdings) Interest Coverage Related Terms

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FDM Group (Holdings) Business Description

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Address
Cottons Lane, 3rd Floor, Cottons Centre, London, GBR, SE1 2QG
FDM Group (Holdings) PLC is a holdings company that provides a variety of information technology, or IT, services through its subsidiaries. The company's primary services consist of IT and business consulting with a focus on application development and testing, support, project management, data services, business analysis, business intelligence, and cybersecurity. The company organizes itself into four segments based on geography: United Kingdom, North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific. The United Kingdom segment generates the majority of revenue.

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