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Harte-Hanks (Harte-Hanks) Interest Coverage : 227.27 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Harte-Hanks 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. Harte-Hanks's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.4 Mil. Harte-Hanks's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.0 Mil. Harte-Hanks's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 227.27. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HHS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.39   Med: 12.26   Max: 120.61
Current: 120.61


HHS's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
88.8% of 393 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 5.15 vs HHS: 120.61

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


Harte-Hanks Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Harte-Hanks'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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Harte-Hanks Interest Coverage Chart

Harte-Hanks Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Harte-Hanks 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 27.43 N/A 28.31 2,914.00 227.27

Competitive Comparison of Harte-Hanks's Interest Coverage

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Harte-Hanks'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.


Harte-Hanks's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Harte-Hanks's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Harte-Hanks's Interest Coverage falls into.



Harte-Hanks 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.

Harte-Hanks'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, Harte-Hanks's Interest Expense was $0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $9.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $23.7 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Harte-Hanks's interest coverage with the available data.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Harte-Hanks's Interest Expense was $-0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $3.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $23.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3.409/-0.015
=227.27

* 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.


Harte-Hanks  (NAS:HHS) 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 .


Harte-Hanks Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Harte-Hanks (Harte-Hanks) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Executive Drive, Chelmsford, MA, USA, 01824
Harte-Hanks Inc is a customer experience company. The Company operates three business segments: Marketing Services; Customer Care; and Fulfillment & Logistics Services. The company has its geographic presence in United States and Other countries. Majority of the revenue is earned from United States.
Executives
Bradley Louis Radoff director 2727 KIRBY DRIVE, UNIT 29L, HOUSTON TX 77098
Kirk A Davis director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O NEWM, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Griffin John H Jr director
Brian Linscott officer: Chief Operating Officer 864 N BEVERLY LANE, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60004
Laurilee Kearnes officer: Chief Financial Officer 9601 MCALLISTER FREEWAY, SUITE 610, SAN ANTONIO TX 78216
Robert T. Wyman officer: General Counsel 2 EAST MAIN STREET, GEORGETOWN MA 01833
David L Copeland director PO BOX 2791, ABILENE TX 79604
Andrew B Benett officer: Chief Executive Officer 1850 N CENTRAL AVENUE, SUITE 1900, PHOENIX AZ 85004-4565
Genevieve Claire Combes director 2000 POWELL STREET, SUITE 300, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Tobia Alfred Victor Jr. director 767 3RD AVENUE, SUITE 602, NEW YORK NY 10017
Maureen Oconnell director
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Martin F Reidy director DIGITAS INC., 800 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02199
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