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Check-Cap (STU:7CC) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Check-Cap 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. Check-Cap's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €-3.66 Mil. Check-Cap's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €-0.01 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Check-Cap's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


STU:7CC's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry.
Industry Median: 13.94
* 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.


Check-Cap Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Check-Cap'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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Check-Cap Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Check-Cap's Interest Coverage

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Check-Cap'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.


Check-Cap's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Check-Cap's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Check-Cap's Interest Coverage falls into.



Check-Cap 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.

Check-Cap'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, Check-Cap's Interest Expense was €-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income was €-16.29 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €0.00 Mil.

Check-Cap did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Check-Cap's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Check-Cap's Interest Expense was €-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income was €-3.66 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €0.00 Mil.

Check-Cap did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Check-Cap  (STU:7CC) 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 .


Check-Cap Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Check-Cap Business Description

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Address
29 Abba Hushi Avenue, Check-Cap Building, P.O. Box 1271, Isfiya, ISR, 3009000
Check-Cap Ltd is a clinical-stage medical diagnostics company engaged in the development of an ingestible imaging capsule that utilizes low-dose X-rays for the detection and imaging of colonic polyps and colorectal cancers, or CRC. The company is developing C-Scan, the first capsule-based system for preparation-free, colorectal cancer screening. Its scanning capsule will be swallowed and propelled by natural motility through the gastrointestinal tract and excreted naturally with no need for retrieval for data collection. The operations of the company are presently located in Israel, but it currently expects to market products in the United States, Europe, Israel and Japan.

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