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Global Medical REIT (Global Medical REIT) Interest Coverage : 1.20 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Global Medical REIT 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. Global Medical REIT's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.4 Mil. Global Medical REIT's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-7.0 Mil. Global Medical REIT's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.20. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Global Medical REIT Inc interest coverage is 1.23, which is low.

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

GMRE' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.34   Med: 1.4   Max: 1.88
Current: 1.23


GMRE's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
83.73% of 676 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.985 vs GMRE: 1.23

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


Global Medical REIT Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Global Medical REIT'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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Global Medical REIT Interest Coverage Chart

Global Medical REIT Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.55 0.87 1.88 1.53 1.23

Global Medical REIT 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 1.24 1.21 1.16 1.35 1.20

Competitive Comparison of Global Medical REIT's Interest Coverage

For the REIT - Healthcare Facilities subindustry, Global Medical REIT'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.


Global Medical REIT's Interest Coverage Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Global Medical REIT's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Global Medical REIT's Interest Coverage falls into.



Global Medical REIT 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.

Global Medical REIT'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, Global Medical REIT's Interest Expense was $-30.9 Mil. Its Operating Income was $37.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $33.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*37.864/-30.893
=1.23

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Global Medical REIT's Interest Expense was $-7.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $8.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $33.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*8.373/-6.984
=1.20

* 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.


Global Medical REIT  (NYSE:GMRE) 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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Global Medical REIT (Global Medical REIT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7373 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20814
Global Medical REIT Inc is a Maryland corporation engaged primarily in the acquisition of purpose-built healthcare facilities and the leasing of those facilities to strong healthcare systems and physician groups. Its healthcare facilities are located in secondary markets and suburbs of primary markets and are typically leased to single-tenants under triple-net leases. Its tenants are physician groups, regional or national healthcare systems or combinations thereof. The company's principal business objective is to provide attractive, risk-adjusted returns to its stockholders through a combination of reliable dividends and long-term capital appreciation.
Executives
Moore Roscoe M Jr director C/O HEMOBIOTECH, INC., 5001 SPRING VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 1040 WEST, DALLAS TX 75244
Henry Cole director 4800 MONTGOMERY LANE SUITE 450, BETHESDA MD 20814
Jeffrey Busch director, officer: Chairman, President and CEO 7373 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 800, BETHESDA MD 20814
Lori Wittman director 191 NORTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 1200, CHICAGO IL 60606
Matthew Cypher director 4800 MONTGOMERY LANE SUITE 450, BETHESDA MD 20814
Paula Crowley director 2 BETHESDA METRO CENTER, SUITE 440, BETHESDA MD 20814
Ronald Marston director 4800 MONTGOMERY LANE SUITE 450, BETHESDA MD 20814
Robert J Kiernan officer: Chief Financial Officer 7373 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 800, BETHESDA MD 20814
Alfonzo Leon officer: Chief Investment Officer 7373 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 800, BETHESDA MD 20814
Danica Holley officer: Chief Operating Officer 7373 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 800, BETHESDA MD 20814
Jamie Allen Barber officer: Secretary and General Counsel 7373 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 800, BETHESDA MD 20814
Allen Webb officer: SVP 4800 MONTGOMERY LANE SUITE 450, BETHESDA MD 20814
Huiqi Zhang director, 10 percent owner 40-44 WYNDHAM STREET, 24/F WYNDHAM PLACE, HONG KONG K3 00000
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