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QNTQY (QinetiQ Group) Interest Coverage : 8.24 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is QinetiQ Group 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. QinetiQ Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was $118 Mil. QinetiQ Group's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-14 Mil. QinetiQ Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 8.24. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

QNTQY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.08   Med: 70.66   Max: 137.75
Current: 12.94


QNTQY's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
64.22% of 218 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 7.665 vs QNTQY: 12.94

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


QinetiQ Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for QinetiQ Group'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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QinetiQ Group Interest Coverage Chart

QinetiQ Group Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 68.53 72.76 77.14 12.12 9.08

QinetiQ Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24
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 37.24 8.20 5.07 27.43 8.24

Competitive Comparison of QinetiQ Group's Interest Coverage

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, QinetiQ Group'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.


QinetiQ Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where QinetiQ Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



QinetiQ Group 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.

QinetiQ Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024, QinetiQ Group's Interest Expense was $-25 Mil. Its Operating Income was $225 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $488 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*225.032/-24.778
=9.08

QinetiQ Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2024, QinetiQ Group's Interest Expense was $-14 Mil. Its Operating Income was $118 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*117.725/-14.286
=8.24

* 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.


QinetiQ Group  (OTCPK:QNTQY) 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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QinetiQ Group Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Ively Road, Cody Technology Park, Farnborough, Hampshire, GBR, GU14 0LX
QinetiQ Group PLC is a company operating in the global aerospace, defense, and security sectors. The services and products offered are air (air engineering services, air traffic management, safety, and environmental management); C4ISR (communication, reconnaissance, intelligence and surveillance, space security, fast jet sensor fusion training, sensors, cyber and data science among many others); Cyber (accreditation support, security health check, data classification, insider threat management among others); Maritime ( Maritime Autonomy Centre, Naval Mission Systems, Maritime Stealth among many others).