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The Cooper (The Cooper) Interest Coverage : 5.12 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is The Cooper 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. The Cooper's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $153 Mil. The Cooper's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-30 Mil. The Cooper's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 5.12. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

COO' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.92   Med: 10.62   Max: 38.48
Current: 4.92


COO's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
78.35% of 425 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 19.77 vs COO: 4.92

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


The Cooper Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Cooper'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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The Cooper Interest Coverage Chart

The Cooper Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.77 8.47 21.90 8.86 5.06

The Cooper Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.73 3.69 5.66 5.16 5.12

Competitive Comparison of The Cooper's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, The Cooper'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.


The Cooper's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, The Cooper's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



The Cooper 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.

The Cooper's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023, The Cooper's Interest Expense was $-105 Mil. Its Operating Income was $533 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,524 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Oct. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Oct. 2023 )
=-1*533.1/-105.3
=5.06

The Cooper's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, The Cooper's Interest Expense was $-30 Mil. Its Operating Income was $153 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,726 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*153.1/-29.9
=5.12

* 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.


The Cooper  (NAS:COO) 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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The Cooper (The Cooper) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6101 Bollinger Canyon Road, Suite 500, San Ramon, CA, USA, 94583
The Cooper Companies is one of the largest eye care companies in the U.S. It operates in two segments: CooperVision and CooperSurgical. CooperVision is a pure-play contact lens business and is composed of a suite of spherical, multifocal, and toric contact lenses. The company also has one of the most comprehensive specialty lens portfolios in the world. With brands including Proclear, Biofinity, MyDay, and clariti, Cooper controls roughly a quarter of the U.S. contact lens market. CooperSurgical, founded in 1990, is made up of equipment related to reproductive care, fertility, and women's care. Cooper has the broadest medical device coverage of the entire IVF cycle. It also has Paragard, the only hormone-free IUD in the U.S., and controls 17% of the U.S. IUD market.
Executives
Gary S Petersmeyer director 3400 CENTRAL AVENUE, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Robert S Weiss director, officer: EVP and CFO 6140 STANERIDGE MALL RES #590, PLEASSANTON CA 94503
Agostino Ricupati officer: Sr. VP, Finance & Tax C/O THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., 6140 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, SUITE 590, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Warner Gerard H Iii officer: President, CooperVision, Inc. C/O COOPER COMPANIES INC., 6101 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD, SUITE 500, SAN RAMON CA 94583
Jody S Lindell director 2536 FILLMORE ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94115
Cynthia L Lucchese director 7966 N. ILLINOIS STREET, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46260
Nicholas Khadder officer: VP, General Counsel & Corp Sec 2836 JOHNSON AVENUE, ALAMEDA CA 94501
Daniel G Mcbride officer: VP and Senior Counsel 5 EL CORTE, ORINDA CA 94563
Brian G Andrews officer: Treasurer 4300A 17TH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94114
Maria Rivas director C/O MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS, INC., 350 HUDSON STREET, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
White Albert G Iii officer: VP & Treasurer 6790, SPRINGDALE COURT, VICTOR NY 14564
Teresa S Madden director 414 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401
Robert D Auerbach officer: President, CSI C/O THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., SUITE 590, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Holly R Sheffield officer: EVP, CSO C/O THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., 6140 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, SUITE 590, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Mark J Drury officer: VP, General Counsel & Sec. C/O COOPERCOMPANIES, 6101 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD, SUITE 500, SAN RAMON CA 94583