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Dentalcorp Holdings (Dentalcorp Holdings) Interest Coverage : 0.39 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Dentalcorp 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. Dentalcorp Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $7 Mil. Dentalcorp Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-17 Mil. Dentalcorp Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.39. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

DNTCF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.08   Med: 0.1   Max: 0.24
Current: 0.24


DNTCF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
99.01% of 405 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 8.95 vs DNTCF: 0.24

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


Dentalcorp Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dentalcorp 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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Dentalcorp Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Dentalcorp Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
0.10 - - 0.08 0.20

Dentalcorp Holdings Quarterly Data
Apr18 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Dentalcorp Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Dentalcorp 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.


Dentalcorp Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Dentalcorp Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Dentalcorp 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.

Dentalcorp Holdings's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Dentalcorp Holdings's Interest Expense was $-72 Mil. Its Operating Income was $15 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $989 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*14.758/-72.078
=0.20

Dentalcorp Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Dentalcorp Holdings's Interest Expense was $-17 Mil. Its Operating Income was $7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $983 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*6.797/-17.213
=0.39

* 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.


Dentalcorp Holdings  (OTCPK:DNTCF) 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 .


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Dentalcorp Holdings (Dentalcorp Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
181 Bay Street, Suite 2600, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2T3
Dentalcorp Holdings Ltd is engaged in acquiring dental practices and providing health care services in Canada. It recognizes revenue for the provision of dental services that are rendered to patients by Partner dentists and dental practitioners contracted by the Professional Corporations and health care services rendered by employees or contractors of the company.

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