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Finisar (Finisar) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Jul. 2019)


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What is Finisar 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. Finisar's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jul. 2019 was $-10 Mil. Finisar's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jul. 2019 was $-6 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


FNSR's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 12.72
* 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.


Finisar Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Finisar'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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Finisar Interest Coverage Chart

Finisar Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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Finisar Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Finisar's Interest Coverage

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Finisar'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.


Finisar's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Finisar 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.

Finisar's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2019 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2019, Finisar's Interest Expense was $-33 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-30 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $512 Mil.

Finisar did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Finisar's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2019 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jul. 2019, Finisar's Interest Expense was $-6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-10 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $517 Mil.

Finisar did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Finisar  (NAS:FNSR) 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 .


Finisar Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Finisar (Finisar) Business Description

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Address
1389 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, CA, USA, 94089
Founded in 1987, Finisar is a California-based large provider of fiber optical modules and components that are used in data communications and telecommunications. Its products include transceivers and wavelength switches for data center interconnects, and intracity/metro and long-haul communications. Finisar sells to manufacturers of storage systems and network equipment and their OEMs, which in turn sell to telecom service providers and cloud vendors.
Executives
Michael L Dreyer director C/O F5 NETWORKS, INC., 401 ELLIOTT AVE. WEST, SEATTLE WA 98119
Michael C Child director 125 HIGH ST STE 2500, BOSTON MA 02110
Thomas E Pardun director C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 3355 MICHELSON DR, SUITE 100, IRVINE CA 92612
Helene Simonet director
Jerry S Rawls director 1308 MOFFETT PARK DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089-1133
Robert Stephens director 3102 MONTANA DEL SOL, SAN CLEMENTE CA 92673
Kurt Adzema officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 1389 MOFFETT PARK DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Michael E. Hurlston director, officer: CEO 5300 CALIFORNIA AVENUE, IRVINE CA 92617
Eitan Gertel director, officer: CEO 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Dominique Trempont director 5 RANDALL PLACE, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Christopher J Crespi director C/O SIRENZA MICRODEVICES, INC., 303 SOUTH TECHNOLOGY COURT, BROOMFIELD CO 80021
Morgan M Jones director C/O BATTERY VENTURES, 20 WILLIAM ST STE 200, WELLESLEY MA 02481
Frank H Levinson director 3736 FALLON ROAD #428, DUBLIN CA 94568
Harold Hughes director C/O RAMBUS INC., 1050 ENTERPRISE WAY, SUITE 700, SUNNYVALE CA 94089

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