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Avatar Ventures (Avatar Ventures) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Apr. 2012)


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What is Avatar Ventures 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. Avatar Ventures's Operating Income for the three months ended in Apr. 2012 was $-0.00 Mil. Avatar Ventures's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Apr. 2012 was $0.00 Mil. Avatar Ventures has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

(1) 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.

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


ATAR's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Vehicles & Parts industry.
Industry Median: 7.77
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Avatar Ventures Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avatar Ventures'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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Avatar Ventures Interest Coverage Chart

Avatar Ventures Annual Data
Trend Jul08 Jul09 Jul10 Jul11
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Avatar Ventures Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Avatar Ventures's Interest Coverage

For the Auto Parts subindustry, Avatar Ventures'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.


Avatar Ventures's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Avatar Ventures's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Avatar Ventures's Interest Coverage falls into.



Avatar Ventures 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.

Avatar Ventures's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2011 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2011, Avatar Ventures's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.22 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Avatar Ventures had no debt (1).

Avatar Ventures's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2012 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Apr. 2012, Avatar Ventures's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.00 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Avatar Ventures had no debt (1).

* 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.


Avatar Ventures  (GREY:ATAR) 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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Avatar Ventures (Avatar Ventures) Business Description

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Address
27281 Las Ramblas, Suite 200, Mission Viejo, CA, USA, 92691
Avatar Ventures Corp intends to be a developer of aftermarket electronic accessories for consumer motor vehicles.

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