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Ecit AS (OSL:ECIT) Interest Coverage : 3.77 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Ecit AS 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. Ecit AS's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr49 Mil. Ecit AS's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr-13 Mil. Ecit AS's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.77. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

OSL:ECIT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.53   Med: 8.78   Max: 24.11
Current: 5.53


OSL:ECIT's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
76.29% of 1603 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.92 vs OSL:ECIT: 5.53

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


Ecit AS Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ecit AS'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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Ecit AS Interest Coverage Chart

Ecit AS Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 7.89 10.17 9.67 7.86 6.68

Ecit AS Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 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 9.14 8.00 5.70 5.64 3.77

Competitive Comparison of Ecit AS's Interest Coverage

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Ecit AS'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.


Ecit AS's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Ecit AS's Interest Coverage falls into.



Ecit AS 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.

Ecit AS'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, Ecit AS's Interest Expense was kr-40 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr267 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr765 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*267/-40
=6.68

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Ecit AS's Interest Expense was kr-13 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr49 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr785 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*49/-13
=3.77

* 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.


Ecit AS  (OSL:ECIT) 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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Ecit AS (OSL:ECIT) Business Description

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Address
Rolfsbuktveien 4A, Fornebu, NOR, 1364
Ecit AS provides services within key business areas of IT, Finance & Accounting and Tech across sectors and industries. The company has a model for acquisition and integration, ensuring proximity to customers and local entrepreneurship combined with the strength of a larger international group. The group's business operations are carried out by three divisions: IT, Finance & Accounting, and Tech. The Finance & Accounting division improves customers' efficiency through delivering administrative services in a productive way along with being a key revenue driver for the company.

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