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VBIZF (Viva Biotech Holdings) Interest Coverage : 5.74 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Viva Biotech Holdings 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. Viva Biotech Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was $17.8 Mil. Viva Biotech Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was $-3.1 Mil. Viva Biotech Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 5.74. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Viva Biotech Holdings's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

VBIZF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.45   Med: 5   Max: 142.97
Current: 5


VBIZF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
81.17% of 377 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 119.89 vs VBIZF: 5.00

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


Viva Biotech Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Viva Biotech Holdings'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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Viva Biotech Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Viva Biotech Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 2.01 1.47 1.69 1.45 5.00

Viva Biotech Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Dec16 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 1.89 1.77 1.13 4.48 5.74

Competitive Comparison of Viva Biotech Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Viva Biotech Holdings'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.


Viva Biotech Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Viva Biotech Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Viva Biotech Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Viva Biotech Holdings 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.

Viva Biotech Holdings'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, Viva Biotech Holdings's Interest Expense was $-7.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $37.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $100.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*37.028/-7.402
=5.00

Viva Biotech Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, Viva Biotech Holdings's Interest Expense was $-3.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $17.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $100.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*17.757/-3.096
=5.74

* 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.


Viva Biotech Holdings  (OTCPK:VBIZF) 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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Viva Biotech Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
735 Ziping Road, Pudong New District, Zhoupu Town, Shanghai, CHN, 201318
Viva Biotech Holdings is engaged in providing the structure-based drug discovery services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical customers for their pre-clinical stage drug development. The company operates in three reportable segments, Drug Discovery Services providing structure-based drug discovery services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical customers for their pre-clinical stage drug development; Contract Development Manufacture Organisation providing contract development and manufacturing services for small molecule APIs and intermediates and trading of APIs, intermediates and formulations; and commercialisation services; and Viva BioInnovator making strategic investments in biotechnology startup companies.

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