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PERI (Perion Network) Interest Coverage : 10.67 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Perion Network 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. Perion Network's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $6.9 Mil. Perion Network's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $-0.7 Mil. Perion Network's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 10.67. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

PERI' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.83   Med: 12.08   Max: 456.47
Current: 12.55


PERI's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
64.4% of 309 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 31.9 vs PERI: 12.55

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


Perion Network Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Perion Network'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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Perion Network Interest Coverage Chart

Perion Network Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.73 366.81 456.39 372.50 12.55

Perion Network Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 110.77 N/A N/A N/A 10.67

Competitive Comparison of Perion Network's Interest Coverage

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Perion Network'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.


Perion Network's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Perion Network's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Perion Network 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.

Perion Network's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Perion Network's Interest Expense was $-0.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $8.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $18.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*8.16/-0.65
=12.55

Perion Network's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2024, Perion Network's Interest Expense was $-0.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $6.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $18.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*6.938/-0.65
=10.67

* 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.


Perion Network  (NAS:PERI) 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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Perion Network Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2 Leonardo Da Vinci Street, Tel Aviv, ISR, 6473309
Perion Network Ltd is a technology company. It offers online advertising and search solutions to brands, agencies, and publishers through desktop, mobile, and social channels. It connects advertisers to consumers across digital advertising channels, including search advertising, social, display, video, digital audio, digital out of home (DOOH), and Connected TV (CTV) advertising. The company earns prime revenue from search advertising and display advertising services. It operates in the business segment of High Impact Advertising solutions. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from the United States and the rest from other regions.
Executives
Longview Fund Lp 10 percent owner VIKING ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC, 66 BOVET ROAD, SUITE 320, SAN MATEO, CA 94402