IEC Electronics (IEC Electronics) Interest Coverage : 3.20 (As of Jun. 2021)

IEC Electronics Interest Coverage Chart

IEC Electronics Annual Data
	Trend	Sep11	Sep12	Sep13	Sep14	Sep15	Sep16	Sep17	Sep18	Sep19	Sep20
Interest Coverage		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					4.49	1.16	2.37	4.60	7.05

IEC Electronics Quarterly Data
	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															9.88	9.00	4.86	-	3.20

Competitive Comparison of IEC Electronics's Interest Coverage

For the Electronic Components subindustry, IEC Electronics'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.

IEC Electronics's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, IEC Electronics's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where IEC Electronics's Interest Coverage falls into.

IEC Electronics 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

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

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

IEC Electronics's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2020 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2020, IEC Electronics's Interest Expense was $-1.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $10.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $28.3 Mil.

IEC Electronics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2021, IEC Electronics's Interest Expense was $-0.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $66.2 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

IEC Electronics  (NAS:IEC) 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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