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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. Frequency Electronics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $3.47 Mil. Frequency Electronics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $-0.03 Mil. Frequency Electronics's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 133.42. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.
The historical rank and industry rank for Frequency Electronics's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:
Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.
The historical data trend for Frequency Electronics'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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- | 108.43 | 90.96 | 96.96 | 133.42 |
For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Frequency Electronics'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.
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Frequency Electronics's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Frequency Electronics's Interest Coverage falls into.
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.
Frequency Electronics's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2024 is calculated as
Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2024, Frequency Electronics's Interest Expense was $-0.11 Mil. Its Operating Income was $5.02 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4.55 Mil.
Interest Coverage | = | -1 | * | Operating Income (A: Apr. 2024 ) | / | Interest Expense (A: Apr. 2024 ) |
= | -1 | * | 5.019 | / | -0.109 | |
= | 46.05 |
Frequency Electronics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as
Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2025, Frequency Electronics's Interest Expense was $-0.03 Mil. Its Operating Income was $3.47 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3.79 Mil.
Interest Coverage | = | -1 | * | Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2025 ) | / | Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2025 ) |
= | -1 | * | 3.469 | / | -0.026 | |
= | 133.42 |
* 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.
Frequency Electronics (NAS:FEIM) 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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Russell M Sarachek | director | 4718 FOXHALL CRESCENTS NW, WASHINGTON DC 20007 |
Edenbrook Long Only Value Fund, Lp | director, 10 percent owner | EDENBROOK CAPITAL, LLC, 116 RADIO CIRCLE, SUITE 202, MT. KISCO NY 10549 |
Steven E Strang | officer: President, FEI-Zyfer, Inc. | C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS, INC., 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD, MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553 |
Thomas Mcclelland | officer: Vice President, Comml Products | C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC, 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD, MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553 |
Stanton D Sloane | director | COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., 68 SOUTH SERVICE RD., SUITE 230, MELVILLE NY 11747 |
John Patrick Caulfield | officer: VP of Manufacturing | C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS, 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD., MITCHEL FIELD NY 11533 |
Edenbrook Capital, Llc | director, 10 percent owner | 116 RADIO CIRCLE, SUITE 202, MT. KISCO NY 10549 |
Martin B Bloch | director, officer: President | FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC, 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD, MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553 |
Robert Schwartz | director | 11552 PROSPEROUS DRIVE, ODESSA FL 33556 |
Jonathan Brolin | director, 10 percent owner | 2 DEPOT PLAZA, 4TH FLOOR, BEDFORD HILLS NY 10507 |
Privet Fund Lp | 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses | 3280 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, SUITE 2670, Atlanta GA 30305 |
Oleandro Mancini | officer: Vice President, Bus. Develop | C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC, 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD, MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553 |
Lance W Lord | director | 1110 TRUMPETERS COURT, MONUMENT CO 80132 |
Steven Lawrence Bernstein | officer: Chief Financial Officer | C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC., 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD., MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553 |
Ryan Levenson | 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses | 2396 DELLWOOD DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30305 |
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