SONC (Sonic Lighting) Interest Coverage: N/A (As of Sep. 2025)

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What is Sonic Lighting 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. Sonic Lighting's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2025 was $-0.93 Mil. Sonic Lighting's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2025 was $0.00 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


SONC's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 14.82
* 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.

Sonic Lighting  (NAS:SONC) 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 .

Sonic Lighting Interest Coverage Related Terms

Sonic Lighting Interest Coverage Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Sonic Lighting'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.

Sonic Lighting Interest Coverage Chart

Sonic Lighting Annual Data
Trend Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
12.08 82.08

Sonic Lighting Quarterly Data
Dec23 Sep24 Dec24 Jun25 Sep25
Interest Coverage N/A 0.00 N/A N/A N/A

SONC vs : Interest Coverage Comparison

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Sonic Lighting'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.

Sonic Lighting Interest Coverage vs Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Sonic Lighting's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sonic Lighting's Interest Coverage falls into.


Sonic Lighting 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.

Sonic Lighting'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, Sonic Lighting's Interest Expense was $-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.99 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $17.51 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*0.985/-0.012
=82.08

Sonic Lighting's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2025, Sonic Lighting's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.93 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $15.66 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Sonic Lighting's interest coverage with the available data.

* 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.

Sonic Lighting Business Description

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Address 19385 East Walnut Drive North, City of Industry, CA, USA, 91748
Sonic Lighting Inc operates as a wholesale distributor of automotive lighting products. The company's product range includes projector headlights, crystal headlights, taillights, and fog lights. It sources products mainly from suppliers in the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China. Sonic Lighting serves many retailers, wholesalers, and online consumers across multiple U.S. states through its distribution network, including warehouse facilities in California, South Carolina, and Texas. The company's revenues consist of agency income, fulfilment service income, online retail sales income, and wholesale income.