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Solventum (FRA:KB7) Interest Coverage : 1.27 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Solventum 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. Solventum's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was €130 Mil. Solventum's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was €-102 Mil. Solventum's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 1.27. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

FRA:KB7' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.82   Med: No Debt   Max: No Debt
Current: 2.82


FRA:KB7's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
73.68% of 418 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 8.23 vs FRA:KB7: 2.82

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


Solventum Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Solventum'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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Solventum Interest Coverage Chart

Solventum Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
No Debt No Debt No Debt N/A 2.82

Solventum Quarterly Data
Dec20 Dec21 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only N/A 9.77 2.14 2.57 1.27

Competitive Comparison of Solventum's Interest Coverage

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Solventum'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.


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

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

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



Solventum 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.

Solventum'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, Solventum's Interest Expense was €-350 Mil. Its Operating Income was €989 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €7,459 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*989.38/-350.485
=2.82

Solventum's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2024, Solventum's Interest Expense was €-102 Mil. Its Operating Income was €130 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €7,459 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*129.88/-102.185
=1.27

* 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.


Solventum  (FRA:KB7) 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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Solventum Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2510 Conway Avenue East, 3M Center, Building 275-6W, Maplewood, MN, USA, 55144
Solventum Corp is a healthcare company developing, manufacturing, and commercializing a portfolio of solutions that leverage deep material science, data science, and digital capabilities to address critical customer and patient needs. The company has four operating segments: MedSurg, Dental Solutions, Health Information Systems, and Purification and Filtration. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the MedSurg segment, which provides wound care and surgical solutions that are intended to accelerate healing, prevent complications, and lower the total cost of care globally.

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