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Functional Technologies (TSXV:FEB.H) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Aug. 2012)


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What is Functional Technologies 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. Functional Technologies's Operating Income for the six months ended in Aug. 2012 was C$-4.67 Mil. Functional Technologies's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Aug. 2012 was C$-0.15 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 Functional Technologies's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


TSXV:FEB.H's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 154.01
* 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.


Functional Technologies Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Functional Technologies'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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Functional Technologies Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Functional Technologies's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Functional Technologies'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.


Functional Technologies's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Functional Technologies's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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Functional Technologies 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.

Functional Technologies's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2012 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2012, Functional Technologies's Interest Expense was C$-0.15 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-4.67 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.59 Mil.

Functional Technologies did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Functional Technologies's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2012 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Aug. 2012, Functional Technologies's Interest Expense was C$-0.15 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-4.67 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.59 Mil.

Functional Technologies 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.


Functional Technologies  (TSXV:FEB.H) 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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Functional Technologies (TSXV:FEB.H) Business Description

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Functional Technologies Corp is incorporated under the corporate laws of British Columbia, Canada on October 18, 1999. The Company is a functional foods and biological health products company that is developing and commercializing advanced yeast products and other novel biological products for the food and health care industry. The company develops and commercializes proprietary, advanced yeast-based solutions to significant challenges in the food, beverage and healthcare industries, for which viable solutions are lacking. The Company's platform technologies improve the performance of innate yeast functions to primarily prevent the formation of naturally occurring toxins and contaminants that either affect final product quality or are classified by various global agencies as dangerous substances (e.g. carcinogens, neurotoxicants or reproductive toxicants). The Company operates in three geographic regions: Canada, Europe and the United States.

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