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QCKSF (Quickstep Holdings) Interest Coverage : 0.81 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Quickstep 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. Quickstep Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was $0.49 Mil. Quickstep Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was $-0.61 Mil. Quickstep Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.81. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


QCKSF's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Aerospace & Defense industry.
Industry Median: 8.06
* 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.


Quickstep Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Quickstep 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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Quickstep Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

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Quickstep Holdings Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Quickstep Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Quickstep 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.


Quickstep Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Quickstep Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Quickstep 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.

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

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024, Quickstep Holdings's Interest Expense was $-0.51 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-2.58 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8.39 Mil.

Quickstep Holdings did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, Quickstep Holdings's Interest Expense was $-0.61 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.49 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $7.93 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*0.491/-0.607
=0.81

* 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.


Quickstep Holdings  (OTCPK:QCKSF) 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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Quickstep Holdings Business Description

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Address
361 Milperra Road, Bankstown Airport, Bankstown Aerodrome, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2200
Quickstep Holdings Ltd manufactures advanced composites for defense and commercial aerospace, and other industry manufacturing sectors. The group consisted of the production of parts for Northrop Grumman for the Joint Strike Fighter Project, C-130J wing flaps for Lockheed Martin, and Others. Its geographic segments include the United States of America, Australia, and the United Kingdom of which it generates the majority of its revenue from the United States of America.

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