GAEX (GA eXpress) Interest Coverage : 1.44 (As of Jun. 2002)

GA eXpress Interest Coverage Chart

GA eXpress Annual Data
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GA eXpress Quarterly Data
	Dec96	Mar97	Jun97	Sep97	Dec97	Mar98	Jun98	Sep98	Dec98	Sep99	Dec99	Mar00	Jun00	Sep00	Dec00	Mar01	Jun01	Sep01	Mar02	Jun02
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-	-	N/A	-	1.44

Competitive Comparison of GA eXpress's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Application subindustry, GA eXpress'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.

GA eXpress's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, GA eXpress's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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

GA eXpress 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

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

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

GA eXpress's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2001 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2001, GA eXpress's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.98 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5.64 Mil.

GA eXpress's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2002 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2002, GA eXpress's Interest Expense was $-0.21 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.30 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4.54 Mil.

* 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.

GA eXpress  (OTCPK:GAEX) 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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