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DLH Holdings (FRA:TS8A) Interest Coverage : 1.70 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is DLH Holdings 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. DLH Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €6.3 Mil. DLH Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €-3.7 Mil. DLH Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.70. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

FRA:TS8A' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.67   Med: 7.51   Max: 31.2
Current: 1.67


FRA:TS8A's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
91.27% of 790 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.395 vs FRA:TS8A: 1.67

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


DLH Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for DLH Holdings'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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DLH Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

DLH Holdings Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.51 4.74 5.76 21.14 1.75

DLH Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 2.52 1.43 1.66 1.88 1.70

Competitive Comparison of DLH Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, DLH Holdings'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.


DLH Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, DLH Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



DLH Holdings 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.

DLH Holdings's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023, DLH Holdings's Interest Expense was €-13.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was €23.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €160.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*23.204/-13.261
=1.75

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, DLH Holdings's Interest Expense was €-3.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was €6.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €153.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*6.253/-3.683
=1.70

* 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.


DLH Holdings  (FRA:TS8A) 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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DLH Holdings (FRA:TS8A) Business Description

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Address
3565 Piedmont Road, NE Building 3, Suite 700, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30305
DLH Holdings Corp is a provider of technology-enabled business process outsourcing and program management solutions in the United States. The company offers services to several government agencies which include the Department of Veteran Affairs. It is engaged in public health, performance evaluation, and health operations to solve the complex problems faced by civilian and military customers alike, leveraging digital transformation, artificial intelligence, analytics, cloud-based applications, and telehealth systems.

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