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Maximus (Maximus) Interest Coverage

: 5.00 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Maximus's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $108 Mil. Maximus's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-22 Mil. Maximus's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.00. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

MMS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.5   Med: 107.24   Max: 298.84
Current: 3.9


MMS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
74.11% of 788 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.42 vs MMS: 3.90

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


Maximus Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Maximus'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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Maximus Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 107.24 140.01 27.71 6.85 3.50

Maximus Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.46 2.98 2.78 4.83 5.00

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Maximus'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.


Maximus Interest Coverage Distribution

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

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



Maximus 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.

Maximus'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, Maximus's Interest Expense was $-84 Mil. Its Operating Income was $295 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,293 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*294.794/-84.138
=3.50

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Maximus's Interest Expense was $-22 Mil. Its Operating Income was $108 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,341 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*107.51/-21.507
=5.00

* 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.


Maximus  (NYSE:MMS) 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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Maximus (Maximus) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1600 Tysons Boulevard, McLean, VA, USA, 22102
Maximus Inc is an operator of government health and human services programs in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Saudi Arabia. The company offers business solutions to improve the cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of government-sponsored benefit programs, such as Medicaid, Medicare, Health Insurance BC, and child support programmes. Most of its revenue is derived from long-term contractual arrangements with governments around the world. The company generates maximum revenue from the U.S. Federal Services segment.
Executives
Teresa Weipert officer: General Mgr US Federal Segment 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Ilene R. Baylinson officer: Group General Manager 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Michelle F. Link officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Gayathri Rajan director 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON X1 20190
David Mutryn officer: Chief Financial Officer 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Theresa D Golinvaux officer: Principal Accounting Officer 9300 LEE HIGHWAY, FAIRFAX VA 20131
John Thomas Martinez officer: Secretary and General Counsel 1600 TYSONS BLVD, #1400, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michael J. Warren director C/O WALKER & DUNLOP, INC., 7272 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814
Bruce Caswell other: Group President - Human Svcs 11419 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, RESTON VA 20190-5207
Raymond B Ruddy director C/O MAXIMUS INC, 11419 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, RESTON VA 20190
David Francis officer: General Counsel C/O MAXIMUS INC, 11419 SUNSET HILLS RD, RESTON VA 20190
John J Haley director 901 N GLEBE ROAD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Richard A Montoni director, officer: CEO and Director C/O MAXIMUS INC, 11419 SUNSET HILLS RD, RESTON VA 20190
Richard John Nadeau officer: Chief Financial Officer 1300 WILSON BLVD., SUITE 400, ARLINGTON VA 22209
Peter Pond director