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Key Tronic (Key Tronic) Interest Coverage

: 1.33 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Key Tronic's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.9 Mil. Key Tronic's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-3.0 Mil. Key Tronic's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.33. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

KTCC' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.2   Med: 2.68   Max: 114.86
Current: 1.33


KTCC's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
91.46% of 1592 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.765 vs KTCC: 1.33

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Key Tronic Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Key Tronic'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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Key Tronic Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.33 2.72 2.64 1.72 1.20

Key Tronic Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.36 1.76 1.35 0.94 1.33

Competitive Comparison

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Key Tronic'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.


Key Tronic Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Key Tronic's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Key Tronic 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.

Key Tronic's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, Key Tronic's Interest Expense was $-10.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $12.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $131.8 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*12.022/-10.023
=1.20

Key Tronic's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Key Tronic's Interest Expense was $-3.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $3.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $127.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3.948/-2.961
=1.33

* 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.


Key Tronic  (NAS:KTCC) 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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Key Tronic (Key Tronic) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
4424 North Sullivan Road, Spokane Valley, WA, USA, 99216
Key Tronic Corp is an electronic manufacturing service provider. The company provides electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers in the United States and globally. Its primary services include integrated electronic and mechanical engineering, precision plastic molding, sheet metal fabrication, printed circuit board (PCB) and complete product assembly, component selection, sourcing and procurement, logistics, and new product testing and production. The firm derives a majority of its revenue from the United States.
Executives
Mark R Courtney officer: Vice President of Supply Chain 4424 N. SULLIVAN ROAD, SPOKANE VALLEY WA 99216
Subodh K Kulkarni director 5900 GOLDEN HILLS DRIVE, GOLDEN VALLEY MN 55416
Thomas E. Despres officer: VP of Southwest Operations 4424 N. SULLIVAN ROAD, SPOKANE VALLEY WA 99216
Chad Thomas Orebaugh officer: Vice President of Engineering 4424 N. SULLIVAN ROAD, SPOKANE VALLEY WA 99216
David H. Knaggs officer: Vice President of Quality 4424 N. SULLIVAN ROAD, SPOKANE VALLEY WA 99216
Frank Iii Crispigna officer: VP of Supply Chain P.O. BOX 14687, SPOKANE VALLEY WA 99214-0687
Duane D Mackleit officer: VP of Program Management P.O. BOX 14687, SPOKANE VALLEY WA 99214-0687
James R Bean director 2227 E. SKIPPERLING LN, BOISE ID 83706
Craig D Gates director, officer: President & CEO
Douglas G Burkhardt officer: EVP of Worldwide Operations P.O. BOX 14687, SPOKANE VALLEY WA 99214-0687
Ronald F Klawitter director, officer: See Remarks
Kathleen L Nemeth officer: Secretary and General Counsel KEY TRONIC CORP, PO BOX 14687, SPOKANE WA 99214-0687
Lawrence J Bostwick officer: VP of Quality & Reg Affairs P.O. BOX 14687, SPOKANE VALLEY WA 99214-0687
Brett R. Larsen officer: VP of Finance & Controller P.O. BOX 14687, SPOKANE VALLEY WA 99216
Philip Scott Hochberg officer: EVP of Business Development P.O. BOX 14687, SPOKANE VALLEY WA 99214-0687