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WTCHF (WiseTech Global) Interest Coverage : 39.25 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is WiseTech Global 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. WiseTech Global's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was $109.9 Mil. WiseTech Global's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was $-2.8 Mil. WiseTech Global's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 39.25. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

WTCHF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.36   Med: 17.76   Max: 67.89
Current: 37.17


WTCHF's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
54.67% of 1672 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 26.095 vs WTCHF: 37.17

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


WiseTech Global Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for WiseTech Global'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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WiseTech Global Interest Coverage Chart

WiseTech Global Annual Data
Trend Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 2.87 25.31 67.90 50.62 21.74

WiseTech Global Semi-Annual Data
Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 66.71 42.63 14.15 35.54 39.25

Competitive Comparison of WiseTech Global's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Application subindustry, WiseTech Global'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.


WiseTech Global's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, WiseTech Global's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WiseTech Global's Interest Coverage falls into.


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WiseTech Global 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.

WiseTech Global's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024, WiseTech Global's Interest Expense was $-10.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $229.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $62.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*229.595/-10.561
=21.74

WiseTech Global's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, WiseTech Global's Interest Expense was $-2.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $109.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $39.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*109.9/-2.8
=39.25

* 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.


WiseTech Global  (OTCPK:WTCHF) 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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WiseTech Global Business Description

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Address
72 O’Riordan Street, Unit 3a, Alexandria, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2015
WiseTech is a founder-led, global leader in logistics software for international freight forwarding. WiseTech's core product, CargoWise, is used by the majority of the top 25 global freight forwarders and has world-leading annual customer retention rates of over 99%. CargoWise's main competition consists of inhouse software solutions and analogue processes, providing a large and highly winnable market opportunity for WiseTech's current and future products.

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