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Observit AB (OSTO:OBSE) Interest Coverage : 5.38 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Observit AB 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. Observit AB's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was kr0.80 Mil. Observit AB's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was kr-0.15 Mil. Observit AB's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 5.38. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

OSTO:OBSE' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.73   Med: 55.63   Max: No Debt
Current: 5.76


OSTO:OBSE's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
74.1% of 1672 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 26.095 vs OSTO:OBSE: 5.76

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


Observit AB Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Observit AB'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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Observit AB Interest Coverage Chart

Observit AB Annual Data
Trend Jun21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
No Debt 55.63 - 4.73

Observit AB Quarterly Data
Jun21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of Observit AB's Interest Coverage

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Observit AB'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.


Observit AB's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Observit AB's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Observit AB 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.

Observit AB's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Observit AB's Interest Expense was kr-0.37 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr1.76 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*1.763/-0.373
=4.73

Observit AB's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Observit AB's Interest Expense was kr-0.15 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr0.80 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr1.92 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*0.796/-0.148
=5.38

* 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.


Observit AB  (OSTO:OBSE) 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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Observit AB Business Description

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Address
Heffners Alle 52, Sundsvall, SWE, 856 33
Observit AB is the market leader in the Nordics when it comes to mobile video surveillance in public transport. The company provides software as a cloud service, and a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, and currently has approximately 38,000 licenses (one license per security camera) connected worldwide. The customer base includes large, well-known bus operators such as Nobina, Keolis, and Arriva and other transport-heavy customers such as Elis. Observit wants to become the leading global brand for mobile video solutions in the transport sector.

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