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. Sourcefire,'s
Operating Income
for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2013 was €2.1 Mil. Sourcefire,'s Interest Expense for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2013 was €0.0 Mil.
Sourcefire, has no debt.
The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.
(1) 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.
The historical rank and industry rank for Sourcefire,'s Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:
FRA:SEV'
s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0 Max: No Debt
Current: No Debt
FRA:SEV's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 29.785
vs FRA:SEV: No Debt
The historical data trend for Sourcefire,'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.
Competitive Comparison of Sourcefire,'s Interest Coverage
For the Software - Application subindustry, Sourcefire,'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.
Sourcefire,'s Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Sourcefire,'s Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sourcefire,'s Interest Coverage falls into.
Sourcefire, 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:
* 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.
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 .
Sourcefire, Interest Coverage Related Terms
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Sourcefire, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in 2001. The Company is a provider of Enterprise Threat Management, or ETM, intelligent security infrastructure solutions for information technology, or IT, environments of commercial enterprises such as healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, energy, education, retail and telecommunications and federal and state government organizations. The Company's 3D System is comprised of hardware and software product offerings such as Sourcefire Defense Center and Sourcefire 3D Sensors. The Sourcefire 3D System Defense Center unifies critical network security functions including event monitoring, correlation, and prioritization with network and user intelligence for forensic analysis, trends analysis, reporting and alerting. Sourcefire 3D Sensors have processing speeds ranging from 5 megabytes per second, or Mbps, to 10 gigabytes per second, or Gbps, Sourcefire 3D Sensors are highly scalable, fault-tolerant appliances responsible for processing Sourcefire IPS, RNA, RUA and NetFlow Analysis software applications. The Company's 3D Sensors are available with a variety of copper and fiber interfaces to meet the connectivity needs of virtually any organization. The company also provides a variety of professional services solutions to provide customers with best practices for planning, installing, configuring, and managing all components of the Sourcefire 3D System. The Company provides a variety of training programs to help security professionals using Sourcefire commercial or open source security solutions out of their investment. The competitors include Cisco Systems, Inc., IBM Corporation, Juniper Networks, Inc., 3Com Corporation, Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd., McAfee, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., 3Com Corporation and Juniper Networks, Inc. The Company sells their solutions to a diverse customer base that includes Global 2000 companies, global enterprises, U.S. and international government agencies and small and mid-size businesses. For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company generated approximately 67%, 75%, and 75% of the revenue from customers in the United States and 33%, 25%, and 25% from customers outside the United States, respectively. The Company increased their total revenue from $165.6 million in 2011 to $223.1 million in 2012, representing an annual growth rate of 35%.To protect intellectual property, both domestically and abroad, the Company rely on patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret laws The Company holds 23 issued patents and have dozens of patent applications pending for examination in the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions.
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