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Gladstone Commercial (Gladstone Commercial) Interest Coverage : 1.42 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Gladstone Commercial 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. Gladstone Commercial's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $13.5 Mil. Gladstone Commercial's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-9.5 Mil. Gladstone Commercial's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.42. 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. Gladstone Commercial Corp interest coverage is 1.34, which is low.

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

GOOD' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.19   Med: 1.35   Max: 1.38
Current: 1.34


GOOD's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
81.68% of 677 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.98 vs GOOD: 1.34

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


Gladstone Commercial Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gladstone Commercial'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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Gladstone Commercial Interest Coverage Chart

Gladstone Commercial Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.27 1.38 1.34 1.38 1.36

Gladstone Commercial 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 1.19 1.26 1.30 1.37 1.42

Competitive Comparison of Gladstone Commercial's Interest Coverage

For the REIT - Diversified subindustry, Gladstone Commercial'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.


Gladstone Commercial's Interest Coverage Distribution in the REITs Industry

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

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



Gladstone Commercial 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.

Gladstone Commercial'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, Gladstone Commercial's Interest Expense was $-37.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was $50.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $668.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*50.777/-37.33
=1.36

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Gladstone Commercial's Interest Expense was $-9.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was $13.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $668.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*13.492/-9.485
=1.42

* 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.


Gladstone Commercial  (NAS:GOOD) 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 .


Gladstone Commercial Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Gladstone Commercial (Gladstone Commercial) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, VA, USA, 22102
Gladstone Commercial Corp is a real estate investment trust, which engages in investing and owning net leased industrial, commercial, and retail real property and making long-term industrial and commercial mortgage loans. Its portfolio consists of single-tenant commercial, industrial real properties, and medical properties nationwide. Its principal investment objectives are to generate income from rental properties.
Executives
Gary Gerson officer: Chief Financial Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22207
Jay Beckhorn officer: Treasurer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Arthur S. Cooper officer: Chief Investment Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Elliott Jr Wislar officer: Chief Investment Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Paula Novara director 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Robert G Cutlip officer: President C/O HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, 3100 SMOKETREE COURT, SUITE 600, RALEIGH NC 27604
Michela A English director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michael Sodo officer: CFO 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michael Licalsi other: Affiliate of External Advisor 1521 WESTBRANCH DR., MCLEAN VA 22102
Paul W Adelgren director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
David Gladstone director, officer: CEO 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Caren D Merrick director 1521 WESTBRANCH, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Walter H Wilkinson director C/O RF MICRO DEVICES, INC., 7628 THORNDIKE ROAD, GREENSBORO NC 27409
Jennifer A Smith officer: Valuation Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
George Iii Stelljes director, officer: EVP, Chief Investment Officer C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102