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ICTV Brands (ICTV Brands) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Sep. 2018)


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What is ICTV Brands 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. ICTV Brands's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2018 was $-0.76 Mil. ICTV Brands's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2018 was $-0.19 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


ICTV's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 7.78
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


ICTV Brands Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for ICTV Brands'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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ICTV Brands Interest Coverage Chart

ICTV Brands Annual Data
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ICTV Brands Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of ICTV Brands's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, ICTV Brands'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.


ICTV Brands's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, ICTV Brands's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



ICTV Brands 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.

ICTV Brands's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017, ICTV Brands's Interest Expense was $-0.40 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-6.98 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.07 Mil.

ICTV Brands did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

ICTV Brands's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2018, ICTV Brands's Interest Expense was $-0.19 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.76 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.48 Mil.

ICTV Brands did not have earnings to cover the 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


ICTV Brands  (GREY:ICTV) 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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ICTV Brands (ICTV Brands) Business Description

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Address
489 Devon Park Drive, Suite 306, Wayne, PA, USA, 19087
ICTV Brands Inc is part of the retail industry. It sells various health, wellness and beauty products, as well as miscellaneous consumer products through a range of sales channels. Its channels include direct response television, or DRTV, digital marketing campaigns, live home shopping, traditional retail and e-commerce marketplaces. It develops, markets and sells products through a multi-channel distribution strategy, including DRTV, digital marketing campaigns, which accounts for most of its revenue.

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