LCTX (Lineage Cell Therapeutics) Interest Coverage: N/A (As of Mar. 2026)


LCTX Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc LCTX
78 GF Score
Price $1.28
GF Value $1.33
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Lineage Cell Therapeutics 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. Lineage Cell Therapeutics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $-7.59 Mil. Lineage Cell Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $0.00 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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


LCTX's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 106.07
* 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.


Lineage Cell Therapeutics  (AMEX:LCTX) 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 .


Lineage Cell Therapeutics Interest Coverage Related Terms


Lineage Cell Therapeutics Interest Coverage Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Lineage Cell Therapeutics'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.

Lineage Cell Therapeutics Interest Coverage Chart

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LCTX vs FATE, ABEO, RCKT: Interest Coverage Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Lineage Cell Therapeutics'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.


Lineage Cell Therapeutics Interest Coverage vs Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Lineage Cell Therapeutics's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lineage Cell Therapeutics's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Lineage Cell Therapeutics 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.

Lineage Cell Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025, Lineage Cell Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-21.78 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.57 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Lineage Cell Therapeutics's interest coverage with the available data.

Lineage Cell Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2026, Lineage Cell Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-7.59 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.53 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Lineage Cell Therapeutics's interest coverage with the available data.

* 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.

Is Lineage Cell Therapeutics (LCTX) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Lineage Cell Therapeutics stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $1.28 is trading 3.8% below its estimated GF Value™ of $1.33. GuruFocus considers Lineage Cell Therapeutics to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for LCTX:

  • Interest Coverage: N/A
  • GF Value™: $1.33 vs. price of $1.28 (3.8% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 78/100 with 4 warning signs

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Lineage Cell Therapeutics Business Description

Other Exchanges LCTX:IsraelBT3:Germany
Address 2173 Salk Avenue, Suite 200, Carlsbad, CA, USA, 92008
Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies for the treatment of degenerative diseases. The company's pipeline currently includes: OpRegen, OPC1, ReSonance, ILT1, RND1, PNC1, and LCT-CON. Its programs are based on its proprietary, in-house, cell-based manufacturing platform, which it call AlloSCOPE (Allogeneic, Scalable, Consistent, Off-the-shelf, Pluripotent Cell Engineering), and supported by its associated development, formulation, manufacturing, and delivery capabilities. The AlloSCOPE platform is a proprietary differentiation and production modality from which, a single, well-characterized pluripotent cell line can create a stable current Good Manufacturing Practice, master cell bank.
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