Galecto (Galecto) Interest Coverage : No Debt ⁽¹⁾ (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Galecto 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. Galecto's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-5.74 Mil. Galecto's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.00 Mil. Galecto has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Galecto Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

(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 Galecto's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

GLTO's Interest Coverage is not ranked ^*
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 142.97
* 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.

Galecto Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Galecto'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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Galecto Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Galecto's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Galecto'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.

Galecto's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Galecto's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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

Galecto 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.

Galecto's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Galecto's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-36.46 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.07 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Galecto's interest coverage with the available data.

Galecto's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Galecto's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-5.74 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Galecto had no debt ⁽¹⁾.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

Galecto (NAS:GLTO) 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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Galecto (Galecto) Business Description

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Ole Maaloes Vej 3, Copenhagen, DNK, DK-2200

Website

https://www.galecto.com

Galecto Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapeutics designed to target the biological processes that lie at the heart of fibrosis and impact a broad range of fibrotic and related diseases, including cancer. Its initial focus is on the development of small-molecule inhibitors of galectin-3 and lysyl oxidase-like 2, or LOXL2. Its product candidate GB0139 is for the treatment of severe fibrotic lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, a life-threatening progressive fibrotic disease of the lung. Its product GB1211, a selective oral galectin-3 inhibitor for the treatment of fibrosis-related to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, and GB2064, a selective oral inhibitor of LOXL2 that it initially plans to develop for the treatment of myelofibrosis.

Executives

Orbimed Advisors Llc	director, 10 percent owner	601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 54TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Bertil Lindmark	officer: Chief Medical Officer	C/O GALECTO, INC., OLE MAALOES VEJ 3, COPENHAGEN N G7 DK-2200
Hans T. Schambye	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	C/O GALECTO, INC., OLE MAALOES VEJ 3, COPENHAGEN N G7 DK-2200
Stephanie Oestreich	officer: Chief Business Officer	75 STATE STREET, SUITE 100, BOSTON MA 02109
Jonathan Freve	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O SPRING BANK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 113 CEDAR STREET, STE S-7, MILFORD MA 01757
Garrett Winslow	officer: General Counsel	35 PARKWOOD DRIVE, C/O SPRING BANK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., HOPKINTON MA 01748
Anne Prener	director	C/O RUBIUS THERAPEUTICS, 399 BINNEY STREET SUITE 300, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Dallas Jayson Donald Alexander	director	AIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS, INC., 8000 MARINA BOULEVARD, SUITE 300, BRISBANE CA 94005
Novo Holdings A/s	10 percent owner	TUBORG HAVNEVEJ 19, HELLERUP G7 2900
Chau Quang Khuong	director, 10 percent owner	C/O ORBIMED ADVISORS, 601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 54TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Stephan Christgau	director	C/O CASTLE & MORGAN HOLDINGS, INC., 425 MARKET STREET, SUITE 2230, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Soren Moller	director	C/O NOVO HOLDINGS A/S, TUBORG HAVNEVEJ 19, HELLERUP G7 2900
Anders Pedersen	officer: Chief Operating Officer	C/O GALECTO, INC., OLE MAALOES VEJ 3, COPENHAGEN N G7 DK-2200
Orbimed Advisors Israel Ii Ltd	director, 10 percent owner	601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 54TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Orbimed Israel Gp Ii, L.p.	director, 10 percent owner	601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 54TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022