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Accelerate Diagnostics (Accelerate Diagnostics) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Accelerate Diagnostics 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. Accelerate Diagnostics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-10.16 Mil. Accelerate Diagnostics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-2.45 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 Accelerate Diagnostics's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


AXDX's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 18.14
* 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.


Accelerate Diagnostics Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Accelerate Diagnostics'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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Accelerate Diagnostics Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Accelerate Diagnostics's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Accelerate Diagnostics'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.


Accelerate Diagnostics's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Accelerate Diagnostics's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Accelerate Diagnostics 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.

Accelerate Diagnostics's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Accelerate Diagnostics's Interest Expense was $-7.74 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-54.03 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $36.93 Mil.

Accelerate Diagnostics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Accelerate Diagnostics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Accelerate Diagnostics's Interest Expense was $-2.45 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-10.16 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $38.06 Mil.

Accelerate Diagnostics 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.


Accelerate Diagnostics  (NAS:AXDX) 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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Accelerate Diagnostics (Accelerate Diagnostics) Business Description

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Address
3950 South Country Club Road, Suite 470, Tucson, AZ, USA, 85714
Accelerate Diagnostics Inc is an in vitro diagnostics company that specializes in rapid diagnostics for infectious pathogens. The firm's core platform, the Accelerate ID/AST System, determines whether live bacterial or fungal cells in a patient sample are susceptible to a particular antibiotic. This test is performed on pathogens that are commonly associated with serious infections and can deliver results more quickly than traditional methods, such as bacterial culturing. The system can analyze a positive blood culture sample in approximately five hours, which is faster than traditional testing techniques. The company earns majority of its revenue from domestic market.
Executives
David Patience officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ACCELERATE DIAGNOSTICS, INC., 3950 S. COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, SUITE 240, TUCSON AZ 85714
Jack Phillips director, officer: PRESIDENT AND CEO 11731 YALE DR, CARMEL IN 46032
Larry Michael Mertz officer: Chief Technology Officer 3950 S. COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, TUCSON AZ 85714
Marran H. Ogilvie director 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jennifer Regan director C/O ACCELERATE DIAGNOSTICS, INC., 3950 S. COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, SUITE 470, TUCSON AZ 85714
Mark S. Black director 3950 S. COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, SUITE 470, TUCSON AZ 85714
Steven Reichling officer: CFO 7000 NORTH BROADWAY, BUILDING 3-307, DENVER CO 80221
Ron Price officer: SVP & HEAD OF COM OPS AMERICAS 3950 SOUTH COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, SUITE 470, TUCSON AZ 85714
Wayne Burris director 3451 PLANO PARKWAY, LEWISVILLE TX 75056
Hany Massarany director 1910 INNOVATION PARK DR, TUCSON AZ 85737
Jack W Schuler director, 10 percent owner 100 N. FIELD DRIVE, SUITE 360, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Mark C Miller director C/O STERICYCLE INC., 28161 N KEITH DRIVE, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Ten Brink Frank Jm director C/O STERICYCLE INC, 28161 N KEITH DR, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Charles M Watts director 3950 SOUTH COUNTRY CLUB, SUITE 470, TUCSON AZ 85714
Louise Francesconi director 870 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451

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