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OPTX (Syntec Optics Holdings) Interest Coverage : 0.51 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Syntec Optics 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. Syntec Optics Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.11 Mil. Syntec Optics Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-0.21 Mil. Syntec Optics Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.51. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


OPTX's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 13.09
* 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.


Syntec Optics Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Syntec Optics 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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Syntec Optics Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Syntec Optics Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
7.32 - 2.35

Syntec Optics Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec21 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 2.86 0.25 - 0.95 0.51

Competitive Comparison of Syntec Optics Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Syntec Optics 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.


Syntec Optics Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Syntec Optics Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Syntec Optics 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.

Syntec Optics Holdings'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, Syntec Optics Holdings's Interest Expense was $-0.66 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1.54 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.03 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1.541/-0.655
=2.35

Syntec Optics Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Syntec Optics Holdings's Interest Expense was $-0.21 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.11 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4.59 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*0.106/-0.206
=0.51

* 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.


Syntec Optics Holdings  (NAS:OPTX) 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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Syntec Optics Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
515 Lee Road, Rochester, NY, USA, 14606
Syntec Optics Holdings Inc is vertically integrated from design and component manufacturing for lens system assembly to imaging module integration for system solutions. Making its tools, molding, and nano machining allows close interaction and recut ability, enabling special techniques to hold tolerances to sub-micron levels. It has steadily developed a variety of other complementary manufacturing techniques to provide a wide suite of horizontal capabilities including thin film deposition coatings, glass molding, polymer molding, tool-making, mechanical manufacturing, and nano machining.
Executives
Brent David Rosenthal director C/O WR HUFF ASSET MANAGEMENT, 67 PARK PLACE, MORRISTOWN NJ 07960
Albert Manzone director C/O MERISANT, AVENUE JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU 7, NEUCHATEL V8 CH-2000
Walter A. Bishop director 813 REGENT DRIVE, WESTBURY NY 11590
Goldman Sachs & Co. Llc 10 percent owner 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 10 percent owner 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Jeffrey A Altman 10 percent owner 640 FIFTH AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Owl Creek Asset Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 640 FIFTH AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. 10 percent owner 16 YORK STREET SUITE 2900, TORONTO A6 M5J 0E6
James M. Jenkins director 1600 BAUSCH & LOMB PLACE, ROCHESTER NY 14604
Kent R Weldon director C/O THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS, L.P., 100 FEDERAL STREET, 35TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02110
Brian F. Hughes director 124 COLONIAL RIDGE DRIVE, HADDONFIELD NJ 08033
Mark D Norman director C/O ZIPCAR, INC., 25 FIRST STREET, 4TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141
Skylar Jacobs officer: Chief Operating Officer 1 IRVING TERRACE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
Nelson Robert O Ii officer: CFO and Secretary 29 HIDDEN ROAD, WESTON MA 02493
Alok Kapoor director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO 157 BEAVER, WESTON MA 02493