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SmartPay Holdings (NZSE:SPY) Interest Coverage : 29.04 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is SmartPay Holdings 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. SmartPay Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Mar. 2024 was NZ$5.52 Mil. SmartPay Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Mar. 2024 was NZ$-0.19 Mil. SmartPay Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 29.04. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NZSE:SPY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.13   Med: 2.54   Max: 13.91
Current: 11.45


NZSE:SPY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
64.73% of 1602 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.785 vs NZSE:SPY: 11.45

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


SmartPay Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for SmartPay Holdings'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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SmartPay Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

SmartPay Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 5.32 13.91 11.45

SmartPay Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.75 10.50 17.80 6.23 29.04

Competitive Comparison of SmartPay Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, SmartPay Holdings'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.


SmartPay Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



SmartPay Holdings 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.

SmartPay Holdings's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024, SmartPay Holdings's Interest Expense was NZ$-0.83 Mil. Its Operating Income was NZ$9.50 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NZ$14.28 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*9.502/-0.83
=11.45

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

Here, for the six months ended in Mar. 2024, SmartPay Holdings's Interest Expense was NZ$-0.19 Mil. Its Operating Income was NZ$5.52 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NZ$14.28 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*5.518/-0.19
=29.04

* 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.


SmartPay Holdings  (NZSE:SPY) 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 .


SmartPay Holdings Interest Coverage Related Terms

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SmartPay Holdings (NZSE:SPY) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
205-209 Wairau Road, Wairau Valley, Auckland, NZL, 0627
SmartPay Holdings Ltd is engaged in the provision of payment solutions. It offers an electronic funds transfer at point of sale (EFTPOS) system. Its products include EFTPOS applications, Smartpay Labs, EFTPOS terminals, and mobile EFTPOS machines. The company designs develops and implements payment solutions for customers in New Zealand and Australia. It also licenses its technologies to third parties. The firm's majority of revenue comes from New Zealand.