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PRGS (Progress Software) Interest Coverage : 2.32 (As of Feb. 2025)


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What is Progress Software 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. Progress Software's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was $42.7 Mil. Progress Software's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was $-18.4 Mil. Progress Software's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was 2.32. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

PRGS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.73   Med: 8.26   Max: 17.52
Current: 3.73


PRGS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
81.1% of 1661 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.04 vs PRGS: 3.73

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


Progress Software Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Progress Software'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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Progress Software Interest Coverage Chart

Progress Software Annual Data
Trend Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23 Nov24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.53 6.31 8.07 4.22 4.91

Progress Software Quarterly Data
May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
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 5.32 4.48 6.42 3.98 2.32

Competitive Comparison of Progress Software's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Progress Software'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.


Progress Software's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Progress Software's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Progress Software 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.

Progress Software's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2024, Progress Software's Interest Expense was $-32.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $157.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,552.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Nov. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Nov. 2024 )
=-1*157.207/-32.012
=4.91

Progress Software's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2025, Progress Software's Interest Expense was $-18.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $42.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,521.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2025 )
=-1*42.682/-18.429
=2.32

* 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.


Progress Software  (NAS:PRGS) 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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Progress Software Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
15 Wayside Road, Suite 400, Burlington, MA, USA, 01803
Progress Software Corporation provides software operate in one operating segment: software products for the development, deployment, and management of responsible, AI-powered applications and digital experiences. Following are products: Chef, Corticon, Data Direct, Developer Tools, Flowmon, Kemp LoadMaster, MarkLogic, MOVEit, OpenEdge, Semaphore, ShareFile, Sitefinity, WhatsUp Gold. Geographical regions include United States, Canada, EMEA, Latin America, and Asia Pacific.
Executives
Domenic Lococo officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Ian Pitt officer: Chief Information Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Loren Jarrett officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DR., BEDFORD MA 01730
Anthony Folger officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CARBONITE, INC., 177 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02115
Sundar Subramanian officer: EVP/GM DevSecOps C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Yufan Stephanie Wang officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 15 WAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE 400, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Yogesh K Gupta director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 15 WAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE 400, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Kathryn Kulikoski officer: CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
John Ainsworth officer: Senior Vice President C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DR., BEDFORD MA 01730
David Krall director C/O AVID TECHNOLOGY INC, ONE PARK WEST, TEWKSBURY MA 01876
Charles Francis Kane director 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Jeremy Segal officer: Senior Vice President C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Jennifer Ortiz officer: EVP, Corporate Marketing C/O PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION, 14 OAK PARK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
John R Egan director 176 SOUTH ST., HOPKINTON MA 01748
Gary Quinn officer: Senior Vice President C/O COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTER INC, ONE COMPUTER ASSOC PLAZA, ISLANDIA NY 11749