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Pacer International, (FRA:PA1) Interest Expense : €-0.8 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2013)


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What is Pacer International, Interest Expense?

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money. Pacer International,'s interest expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2013 was € -0.1 Mil. Its interest expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 was €-0.8 Mil.

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. Pacer International,'s Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2013 was € 3.0 Mil. Pacer International,'s Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2013 was € -0.1 Mil. Pacer International,'s Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was 20.50. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is. Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Pacer International, Interest Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pacer International,'s Interest Expense 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.

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Pacer International, Interest Expense Chart

Pacer International, Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Interest Expense
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Pacer International, Quarterly Data
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Pacer International, Interest Expense Calculation

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money.

Interest Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €-0.8 Mil.

* 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.


Pacer International,  (FRA:PA1) Interest Expense Explanation

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. The higher, the better.

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

Pacer International,'s Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2013 was €-0.1 Mil. Its Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2013 was €3.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the three months ended in Dec. 2013 was €0.0 Mil.

Pacer International,'s Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2013 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2013 )
=-1*2.993/-0.146
=20.50

* 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.


Pacer International, (FRA:PA1) Business Description

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Pacer International, Inc., is an asset-light transportation and global logistics services provider. The Company provide its services from two operating segments, an intermodal segment, which provides intermodal transportation services mainly to beneficial cargo owners, transportation intermediaries and steamship lines who use intermodal transportation, and the logistics segment, which provides highway brokerage, supply chain management services, international freight forwarding, ocean shipping, and warehousing and distribution services to a wide variety of end-user customers. Intermodal segment offers full service door-to-door intermodal services to its customers, which include end-user customers, transportation intermediaries, such as intermodal marketing companies, and steamship lines. The Company logistics segment consists of: Highway brokerage services; International freight forwarding and NVOCC services; Warehousing and Distribution services; and Supply Chain Management services. The Company provides transportation and logistics services to many Fortune 500 and multi-national companies as well as to numerous other shippers and transportation third parties. The Company has direct sales and customer service representatives in its intermodal and logistics segments that sell and support its portfolio of services to a diverse customer base which includes beneficial cargo owners, steamship lines, truckload carriers, truck brokers, freight forwarders and other third party transportation service providers such as intermodal marketing companies, third-party logistics companies, and shippers' agents. The Company's main competitors are J.B. Hunt Transport, Schneider National, the Hub Group, C.H. Robinson, the supply chain solutions divisions of Ryder and Menlo Worldwide, Expeditors International and UTi Worldwide, Inc. The Company's facilities and operations are subject to federal, state and local environmental, hazardous materials transportation and occupational health and safety requirements, including those relating to the handling, labeling, shipping and transportation of hazardous materials, discharges of substances into the air, water and land, the handling, storage and disposal of wastes and the cleanup of properties affected by pollutants.

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