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Kyndryl Holdings (Kyndryl Holdings) Interest Coverage : 1.52 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kyndryl 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. Kyndryl Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $47 Mil. Kyndryl Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-31 Mil. Kyndryl Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.52. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


KD's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 29.37
* 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.


Kyndryl Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kyndryl 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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Kyndryl Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

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Kyndryl Holdings Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Kyndryl Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Kyndryl 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.


Kyndryl Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Kyndryl Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Kyndryl 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.

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

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Kyndryl Holdings's Interest Expense was $-94 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-386 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,818 Mil.

Kyndryl Holdings did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Kyndryl Holdings's Interest Expense was $-31 Mil. Its Operating Income was $47 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,329 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*47/-31
=1.52

* 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.


Kyndryl Holdings  (NYSE:KD) 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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Kyndryl Holdings (Kyndryl Holdings) Business Description

Address
One Vanderbilt Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10017
Kyndryl Holdings Inc is a technology services and infrastructure services provider company. It provides advisory, implementation, and managed services across a range of technology domains to help customers manage and modernize enterprise IT environments in support of their business and transformation objectives.
Executives
Elly Keinan officer: Group President ONE NEW ORCHARD ROAD, ARMONK NY 10504
Martin J Schroeter director, officer: Chief Executive Officer IBM CORPORATION, ONE NEW ORCHARD ROAD, ARMONK NY 10504
David B Wyshner officer: CFO & Treasurer C/O XPO LOGISTICS, INC., FIVE AMERICAN LANE, GREENWICH CT 06831
Denis Machuel director ONE NEW ORCHARD ROAD, ARMONK NY 10504
Hester Stephen A. M. director ONE NEW ORCHARD ROAD, ARMONK NY 10504
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc 10 percent owner 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
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Edward Sebold officer: General Counsel and Secretary ONE NEW ORCHARD ROAD, ARMONK NY 10504
Vineet Khurana officer: Vice President & Controller ONE NEW ORCHARD ROAD, ARMONK NY 10504
Janina Kugel director ONE NEW ORCHARD ROAD, ARMONK NY 10504
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