GSV (GSVI) Interest Coverage: 0 (At Loss) (As of Mar. 2009)

GSV  (OTCPK:GSVI) 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 .

GSV Interest Coverage Related Terms

The historical data trend for GSV'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.

GSV Interest Coverage Chart

GSV Annual Data
	Trend	Dec99	Dec00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08
Interest Coverage		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					No Debt	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.91

GSV Quarterly Data
	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															N/A	N/A	N/A	No Debt	0.00

GSVI vs VTGDF, PESX, SDLPF: Interest Coverage Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Drilling subindustry, GSV'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.

GSV Interest Coverage vs Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, GSV's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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

GSV 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.

GSV's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2008 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2008, GSV's Interest Expense was $-0.05 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.18 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

GSV's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2009 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2009, GSV's Interest Expense was $-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.07 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 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.

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