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SanDiskXTER:BW9 -0.72%55 Interest Coverage is 3,518.50 as of Jun. 2026, which is 29221% above its 10-year median of 12.00. GuruFocus rates XTER:BW9 with a GF Score™ of 55/100. The stock has 2 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,682 Hardware companies, SanDisk ranks better than 85.32% on this metric.
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. SanDisk's
Operating Income
for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2026 was €6,108 Mil. SanDisk's Interest Expense for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2026 was €-2 Mil.
SanDisk's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 3,518.50.
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. SanDisk Corp has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.
The historical rank and industry rank for SanDisk's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:
XTER:BW9'
s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.79 Med: 12 Max: 170.79
Current: 170.79
XTER:BW9's Interest Coverage is ranked better than 85.32% of 1682
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 14.71
vs XTER:BW9: 170.79
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 .
SanDisk Interest Coverage Related Terms
SanDisk Interest Coverage Historical Data
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The historical data trend for SanDisk'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.
For the Computer Hardware subindustry, SanDisk'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.
SanDisk Interest Coverage vs Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, SanDisk's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where SanDisk'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:
* 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.
SanDisk (XTER:BW9) has a Interest Coverage of 3,518.50 as of Jun. 2026. Interest Coverage measures a company's capability to pay interest expenses on its debt. View historical data on SanDisk and its competitors. This is 29221% above median its historical median of 12.00. Over the past decade, SanDisk's Interest Coverage has ranged from 5.79 to 170.79. According to the industry distribution chart, SanDisk ranks #247 out of 1682 companies in the Hardware industry, placing it in the top 14.7%.
Is SanDisk's Interest Coverage too high?
SanDisk's current Interest Coverage of 3,518.50 is 29221% above median its 10-year median of 12.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 5.79 to a high of 170.79. The Hardware industry median Interest Coverage is 14.71. SanDisk's value of 3,518.50 is 23819.1% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, SanDisk ranks #247 out of 1682 companies in the Hardware industry, which is in the top quartile — a strong position relative to peers. Overall, SanDisk has a GF Score™ of 55/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does SanDisk's Interest Coverage compare to ?
According to the Hardware industry distribution chart, SanDisk ranks #247 out of 1682 companies for Interest Coverage. This places SanDisk in the top 15% of its industry — outperforming the majority of peers. The industry median Interest Coverage is 14.71. SanDisk's value of 3,518.50 is 23819.1% above this benchmark. Historically, SanDisk's own Interest Coverage has ranged from 5.79 to 170.79 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 12.00 vs. the industry median of 14.71, SanDisk has consistently been above the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Interest Coverage for a Hardware company?
The median Interest Coverage among Hardware companies is 14.71, based on 1,682 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Interest Coverage significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Interest Coverage should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. SanDisk's current Interest Coverage of 3,518.50 is 23819.1% above the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Interest Coverage mean?
A high Interest Coverage can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Interest Coverage measures a company's capability to pay interest expenses on its debt. View historical data on SanDisk and its competitors. For the Hardware industry, the median Interest Coverage is 14.71 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. SanDisk's current Interest Coverage is 3,518.50, which is 29221% above median its own 10-year median of 12.00. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is SanDisk stock overvalued right now?
SanDisk (XTER:BW9) has a current Interest Coverage of 3,518.50. The current Interest Coverage is 3,518.50, which is 29221% above median its 10-year median of 12.00 and 23819.1% above the Hardware industry median of 14.71. SanDisk's overall GF Score™ is 55/100 with 2 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Interest Coverage calculated?
Interest Coverage is calculated from a company's financial statements. For SanDisk (XTER:BW9), the current Interest Coverage is 3,518.50 as of Jun. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Sandisk is one of the five largest suppliers of NAND flash memory semiconductors globally. Sandisk is vertically integrated, producing substantially all of its flash chips at manufacturing sites across Japan via a joint-venture framework with Kioxia. Sandisk then repackages most of its chips into SSDs for consumer electronics, external storage, or cloud storage. Sandisk was formerly a piece of Western Digital for nine years (after being acquired in 2016) and was spun off as an independent company in 2025.
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