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Benefytt Technologies (Benefytt Technologies) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is Benefytt Technologies 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. Benefytt Technologies's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2020 was $-9.1 Mil. Benefytt Technologies's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2020 was $-1.8 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


BFYT's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Healthcare Plans industry.
Industry Median: 7.85
* 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.


Benefytt Technologies Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Benefytt Technologies'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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Benefytt Technologies Interest Coverage Chart

Benefytt Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only N/A 297.00 No Debt 1,250.48 8.64

Benefytt Technologies Quarterly Data
Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20
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 5.08 1.52 17.18 - -

Competitive Comparison of Benefytt Technologies's Interest Coverage

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, Benefytt Technologies'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.


Benefytt Technologies's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, Benefytt Technologies's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Benefytt Technologies 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.

Benefytt Technologies's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019, Benefytt Technologies's Interest Expense was $-5.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $48.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $167.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2019 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2019 )
=-1*48.785/-5.646
=8.64

Benefytt Technologies's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2020, Benefytt Technologies's Interest Expense was $-1.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-9.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $210.2 Mil.

Benefytt Technologies did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Benefytt Technologies  (NAS:BFYT) 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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Benefytt Technologies (Benefytt Technologies) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
3450 Buschwood Park Drive, Suite 200, Tampa, FL, USA, 33618
Benefytt Technologies Inc is a health insurance technology company. It is engaged in the development and operation of private e-commerce health insurance marketplaces, consumer engagement platforms, agency technology systems, and insurance policy administration platforms. Its reportable segments are Medicare and IFP. The Medicare segment consists of consumer engagement activities which generate leads that the company sells to third-parties whereas, the IFP segment focuses on the sale and service of individual and family health insurance plans which includes short-term medical insurance plans and health benefit insurance plans. The firm also offers supplemental products which include additional insurance and non-insurance products.
Executives
Peggy Scott director 15438 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, SUITE 201, TAMPA FL 33613
John Fichthorn director C/O DIALECTIC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, 17 STATE STREET, SUITE 3930, NEW YORK NY 10004
Robert S Murley director 4025 S. RIVERPOINT PARKWAY, M/S CF-K815, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Erik M Helding officer: Chief Financial Officer 11825 N. PENNSYLVANIA STREET, CARMEL IN 46032
Paul G Gabos director 19387 US 19 N, CLEARWATER FL 33764
Bruce Telkamp officer: CEO of HealthPocket, Inc.* 440 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Sheldon Wang officer: Chief Technology Officer 440 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Cannell Capital Llc 10 percent owner 245 MERIWETHER CIRCLE, ALTA WY 83414
Patrick Mcnamee director, officer: CEO and President C/O EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC. 13900 RIVERPORT DRIVE MARYLAND HEIGHTS MO 63043
Dirk A Montgomery officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O HEALTH INSURANCE INNOVATIONS, INC., 15438 N. FLORIDA AVE., SUITE 201, TAMPA FL 33613
Gordon Tunstall director