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Cepton (Cepton) Interest Coverage : N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cepton 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. Cepton's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-9.20 Mil. Cepton's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. 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. Cepton Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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


CPTN's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 12.555
* 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.


Cepton Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cepton'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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Cepton Interest Coverage Chart

Cepton Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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Cepton Quarterly Data
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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 - No Debt No Debt N/A N/A

Competitive Comparison of Cepton's Interest Coverage

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Cepton'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.


Cepton's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Cepton 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.

Cepton's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Cepton's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-50.70 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8.72 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Cepton's interest coverage with the available data.

Cepton's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Cepton's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-9.20 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8.72 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Cepton's interest coverage with the available data.

* 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.


Cepton  (NAS:CPTN) 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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Cepton (Cepton) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
399 West Trimble Road, San Jose, CA, USA, 95131
Cepton Inc provides lidar-based solutions for a range of markets such as automotive, smart cities, smart spaces and smart industrial applications. The company's patented MMT-based lidar technology enables reliable, scalable and cost-effective solutions that deliver long range, high resolution 3D perception for smart applications.
Executives
Ming Qiu officer: Controller C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Liqun Han officer: SVP of Operations C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jun Pei director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO and President C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Mark Mccord officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Hideharu Konagaya director C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 WEST TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Paul Anawalt officer: General Counsel and Secretary C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Hull Xu officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jinying Chen officer: Corporate Controller C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Ldv Partners Fund I, L.p. 10 percent owner 24201 SUMMERHILL AVENUE, LOS ALTOS CA 94024
Xiaogang Zhang director C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 10 percent owner 4-8-3, TAKANAWA, MINATO-KU, TOKYO M0 1088711
May Wang director C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Winston S Fu director, 10 percent owner, officer: CFO and Secretary 24201 SUMMERHILL AVENUE, LOS ALTOS CA 94024
Takayuki Katsuda director C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Dongyi Liao officer: SVP of Applications C/O CEPTON, INC., 399 W. TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131