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Echo Global Logistics (Echo Global Logistics) Interest Coverage : 41.10 (As of Sep. 2021)


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What is Echo Global Logistics 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. Echo Global Logistics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2021 was $26 Mil. Echo Global Logistics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2021 was $-1 Mil. Echo Global Logistics's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was 41.10. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


ECHO's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 5.605
* 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.


Echo Global Logistics Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Echo Global Logistics'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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Echo Global Logistics Interest Coverage Chart

Echo Global Logistics Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.10 1.29 3.45 2.73 4.92

Echo Global Logistics Quarterly Data
Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21
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 10.12 20.27 20.17 34.41 41.10

Competitive Comparison of Echo Global Logistics's Interest Coverage

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Echo Global Logistics'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.


Echo Global Logistics's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Echo Global Logistics's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Echo Global Logistics's Interest Coverage falls into.



Echo Global Logistics 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.

Echo Global Logistics'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, Echo Global Logistics's Interest Expense was $-6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $29 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $162 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2020 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2020 )
=-1*29.498/-5.99
=4.92

Echo Global Logistics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2021, Echo Global Logistics's Interest Expense was $-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $26 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $130 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2021 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2021 )
=-1*26.222/-0.638
=41.10

* 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.


Echo Global Logistics  (NAS:ECHO) 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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Echo Global Logistics (Echo Global Logistics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 725, Chicago, IL, USA, 60654
Founded in 2005, Echo Global Logistics is an asset-light third-party logistics provider primarily focused on domestic truckload and less-than-truckload brokerage. It also offers intermodal and international air and ocean freight forwarding services, though to a lesser degree. Key strategic initiatives include gaining organic market share in the highly fragmented brokerage industry and supplementing its sales capabilities through tuck-in acquisitions. Echo completed its initial public offering in October 2009.
Executives
Douglas R Waggoner director, officer: Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Wagner Ferguson director C/O ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS, INC. 600 W CHICAGO AVE, SUITE 725 CHICAGO IL 60654
Samuel K Skinner director 233 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR, CHICAGO IL 60601
David B Menzel officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS, INC. 600 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 725 CHICAGO IL 60654
Douglas Hong officer: Controller 600 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE SUITE 725 CHICAGO IL 60654
Peter Rogers officer: Controller C/O ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS 600 W. CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 725 CHICAGO IL 60654
Kyle Sauers officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS, 600 W. CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 725, CHICAGO IL 60654
Virginia Henkels director SWIFT TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, 2200 SOUTH 75TH AVENUE, PHOENIX AZ 85043
Farrow William M Iii director C/O CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC., 433 WEST VAN BUREN STREET, CHICAGO IL 60607
Paul Loeb director 600 W. CHICAGO AVENUE SUITE 725 CHICAGO IL 60654
Bradley A Keywell director
Eric P Lefkofsky director, 10 percent owner 501 SILVERSIDE ROAD SUITE 87F, WILMONGTON DE 19809
Evan Schumacher officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS 600 W. CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 725 CHICAGO IL 60654
Nelda J Connors director BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, 300 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC WAY, MARLBOROUGH MA 01752-1234
John R Walter director 401 NORTH AHWAHNEE RD, LAKE FOREST IL 60045

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