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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. Spero Therapeutics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-18.59 Mil. Spero Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 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.
Good Sign:
Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Spero Therapeutics Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.
The historical rank and industry rank for Spero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:
Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.
The historical data trend for Spero Therapeutics'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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For the Biotechnology subindustry, Spero Therapeutics'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.
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Spero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Spero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage falls into.
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.
Spero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Spero Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $26.79 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3.83 Mil.
GuruFocus does not calculate Spero Therapeutics's interest coverage with the available data. |
Spero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as
Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Spero Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-18.59 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.88 Mil.
GuruFocus does not calculate Spero Therapeutics'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.
Spero Therapeutics (NAS:SPRO) 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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Timothy Keutzer | officer: Chief Development Officer | C/O SPERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 675 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139 |
Ankit Mahadevia | director, officer: See Remarks | C/O SPERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 675 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., 14TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139 |
Sath Shukla | officer: Chief Financial Officer | C/O ZIOPHARM ONCOLOGY, INC., ONE FIRST AVENUE, PARRIS BUILDING #34, BOSTON MA 02129 |
Kamal Hamed | officer: Chief Medical Officer | 675 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139 |
Tamara L Joseph | officer: Chief Legal Officer | 32 GARRISON STREET, APT 50-103, BOSTON MA 02116 |
Aquilo Capital Management, Llc | 10 percent owner | ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, SUITE D4900, BUILDING D, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129 |
Kathleen Tregoning | director | C/O CEREVEL THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC., 131 DARTMOUTH STREET SUITE 502, BOSTON MA 02116 |
Cristina Larkin | officer: Chief Operating Officer | C/O SPERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 675 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139 |
Aquilo Capital, L.p. | 10 percent owner | ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, SUITE D4900, BUILDING D, THE PRESIDIO, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129 |
Scott Thomas Jackson | director | 303B COLLEGE ROAD EAST, PRINCETON NJ 08540 |
Stephen J. Dipalma | officer: Interim CFO | C/O SPERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 675 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139 |
Cynthia Smith | director | 508 WRANGLER DRIVE, SUITE 100, COPPELL TX 75019 |
Pottage John C Jr | director | ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS, 300 GEORGE STREET, NEW HAVEN CT 06511 |
Plc Glaxosmithkline | 10 percent owner | 980 GREAT WEST ROAD, BRENTFORD MIDDLESEX X0 TW8 9GS |
Joel Sendek | officer: Chief Financial Officer | C/O SPERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 675 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139 |
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