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Akers Biosciences (Akers Biosciences) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Dec. 2020)


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What is Akers Biosciences 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. Akers Biosciences's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2020 was $-3.15 Mil. Akers Biosciences's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2020 was $0.00 Mil. Akers Biosciences has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

(1) 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.

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


AKER's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 18.745
* 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.


Akers Biosciences Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Akers Biosciences'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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Akers Biosciences Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Akers Biosciences's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Akers Biosciences'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.


Akers Biosciences's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Akers Biosciences's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Akers Biosciences 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.

Akers Biosciences's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020, Akers Biosciences's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-12.29 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Akers Biosciences had no debt (1).

Akers Biosciences's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2020, Akers Biosciences's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-3.15 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Akers Biosciences had no debt (1).

* 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.


Akers Biosciences  (NAS:AKER) 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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Akers Biosciences (Akers Biosciences) Business Description

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Address
1185 Avenue of the Americas, 3rd Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10036
Akers Biosciences Inc is engaged in developing, manufacturing and supplying rapid, point-of-care screening and testing products designed to bring health-related information directly to the patient or clinician in a time- and cost-efficient manner. The pipeline products of the company focus on delivering diagnostic assistance in a variety of healthcare fields/specialties, including cardiology/emergency medicine, metabolism/nutrition, diabetes, respiratory diseases and infectious disease detection. The majority of the company's revenue comes from the United States.
Executives
Billy Joe White director 191 OTTO ST., PORT TOWNSEND WA 98368
Joshua Silverman director IROQUOIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, 205 EAST 42ND ST - 20TH FL., NEW YORK NY 10017
Christopher C Schreiber director, officer: Exec. Chairman and President AKERS BIOSCIENCES, INC., 201 GROVE ROAD, THOROFARE NJ 08086
Robert C Schroeder director 37 MAIN STREET, COLD SPRING HARBOR, NEW YORK NY 11724
Stuart M Benson officer: Chief Financial Officer EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, 350 5TH AVE., SUITE 7520, NEW YORK NY 10118
Hudson Bay Capital Management Lp 10 percent owner 28 HAVEMEYER PLACE, 2ND FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06830
Sander Gerber 10 percent owner C/O HUDSON BAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., 28 HAVEMEYER PLACE, 2ND FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06830
Howard Yeaton officer: CEO, CFO 79 LLOYD ROAD, HOHOKUS NJ 07423
John J Gormally director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 80 WALSH DRIVE, MAHWAH NJ 07430
Gary M Rauch officer: VP - Finance, Treasurer 842 ST REGIS COURT, WEST DEPTFORD NJ 08051
Tarbox Richard C Iii director AKERS BIOSCIENCES, INC., 201 GROVE ROAD, THOROFARE NJ 08086
Brandon Thomas Knox director 771 EAGLE ROAD, VILLANOVA PA 19085
Akers Raymond Francis Jr director, officer: Executive Chairman, Secretary 171 E. ESSEX AVE, SEWELL NJ 08080
Thomas J Knox director 1717 ARCH STREET, SUITE 3820, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Robert E Andrews director 215 4TH AVENUE, HADDON HEIGHTS NJ 08035