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Ducommun (Ducommun) Interest Coverage

: 1.97 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Ducommun's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $10.7 Mil. Ducommun's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-5.4 Mil. Ducommun's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.97. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

DCO' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.91   Med: 3.02   Max: 4.37
Current: 2.09


DCO's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
82.87% of 216 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 7.04 vs DCO: 2.09

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


Ducommun Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ducommun'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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Ducommun Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.07 3.51 4.37 3.97 2.09

Ducommun Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.58 2.50 1.70 2.31 1.97

Competitive Comparison

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Ducommun'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.


Ducommun Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Ducommun's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ducommun 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.

Ducommun'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, Ducommun's Interest Expense was $-20.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $43.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $279.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*43.459/-20.773
=2.09

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Ducommun's Interest Expense was $-5.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $10.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $279.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*10.723/-5.449
=1.97

* 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.


Ducommun  (NYSE:DCO) 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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Ducommun (Ducommun) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
200 Sandpointe Avenue, Suite 700, Santa Ana, CA, USA, 92707-5759
Ducommun Inc provides engineering & manufacturing services for high-performance products & high-cost-of failure applications used primarily in the aerospace and defense, industrial, medical & other industries. The company's reportable segments are Structural Systems & Electronic Systems. Structural Systems designs, engineers, and manufactures large, complex contoured aerostructure components & assemblies and supplies composite and metal bonded structures and assemblies. Electronic Systems designs, engineers, and manufactures high-reliability electronic & electromechanical products used in worldwide technology-driven markets including aerospace and defense, industrial, medical, & other end-use markets. It generates most of its revenue from the Electronic Systems.
Executives
Jerry L Redondo officer: VP, Operational Excellence DUCOMMUN INCORPORATED, 23301 WILMINGTON AVE., CARSON CA 90745-6209
Suman B. Mookerji officer: Sr. V.P., C.F.O. 200 SANDPOINTE AVENUE, SUITE 700, SANTA ANA CA 92707
Stephen G Oswald director, officer: President & CEO 23301 WILMINGTON AVENUE, CARSON CA 90745
Christopher D. Wampler officer: VP, Controller and CAO 23301 WILMINGTON AVENUE, CARSON CA 90745
Laureen S. Gonzalez officer: VP & Chief HR Officer 200 SANDPOINTE AVENUE, SUITE 700, SANTA ANA CA 92707
Robert C Ducommun director 1155 PARK AVE, APT 1-SW, NEW YORK NY 10128-1209
Samara A Strycker director 2701 NAVISTAR DRIVE, LISLE IL 60532
Rose F Rogers officer: VP, Human Resources 23301 WILMINGTON AVE., CARSON CA 90745-6209
Sheila G. Kramer director P.O. BOX 1299, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440-1299
Robert D Paulson director AEROSTAR CAPITAL LLC, 590 SANDHILL CRANE RD., #1270, WILSON WY 83014-1270
Dean M Flatt director 31 SUMMER HILL RD., WAYNE NJ 07470
Rajiv A. Tata officer: V.P., General Counsel 200 SANDPOINTE AVENUE, SUITE 700, SANTA ANA CA 92707
Shirley Drazba director 200 SANDPOINTE AVENUE, #700, SANTA ANA CA 92707
Anthony J Reardon other: Pres., Ducommun AeroStructures DUCOMMUN INCORPORATED, 23301 WILMINGTON AVE., CARSON CA 90745
James S Heiser officer: VP, CFO & Gen. Cnsl. C/O DUCOMMUN INC, 23301 WILMINGTON AVENUE, CARSON CA 90745-6209

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