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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. Micron Technology's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was $1,773 Mil. Micron Technology's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was $-112 Mil. Micron Technology's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was 15.83. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.
The historical rank and industry rank for Micron Technology's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:
Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.
The historical data trend for Micron Technology'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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1.33 | 4.54 | 11.23 | 18.42 | 15.83 |
For the Semiconductors subindustry, Micron Technology'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.
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Micron Technology's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Micron Technology's Interest Coverage falls into.
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.
Micron Technology's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as
Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024, Micron Technology's Interest Expense was $-562 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,246 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $13,576 Mil.
Interest Coverage | = | -1 | * | Operating Income (A: Aug. 2024 ) | / | Interest Expense (A: Aug. 2024 ) |
= | -1 | * | 1246 | / | -562 | |
= | 2.22 |
Micron Technology's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 is calculated as
Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2025, Micron Technology's Interest Expense was $-112 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,773 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $14,450 Mil.
Interest Coverage | = | -1 | * | Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2025 ) | / | Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2025 ) |
= | -1 | * | 1773 | / | -112 | |
= | 15.83 |
* 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.
Micron Technology (NAS:MU) 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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