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PTC Therapeutics (PTC Therapeutics) Interest Coverage : 0.07 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is PTC Therapeutics 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. PTC Therapeutics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.1 Mil. PTC Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-44.3 Mil. PTC Therapeutics's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.07. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


PTCT's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 135.52
* 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.


PTC Therapeutics Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for PTC Therapeutics'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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PTC Therapeutics Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of PTC Therapeutics's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, PTC Therapeutics'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.


PTC Therapeutics's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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



PTC Therapeutics 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.

PTC Therapeutics'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, PTC Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $-129.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-349.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,018.8 Mil.

PTC Therapeutics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, PTC Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $-44.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was $3.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,018.8 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3.12/-44.275
=0.07

* 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.


PTC Therapeutics  (NAS:PTCT) 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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PTC Therapeutics (PTC Therapeutics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
100 Corporate Court, South Plainfield, NJ, USA, 07080
PTC Therapeutics Inc is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of orally administered, small-molecule therapeutics. Its target area is RNA biology post-transcriptional control processes of the events occurring in a cell when an RNA messenger is copied from DNA during the transcription process. The discovered products address multiple therapeutic areas, including rare disorders, such as nonsense mutations in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and oncology.
Executives
Neil Gregory Almstead officer: EVP Research Pharma Ops & Tech C/O PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC., 100 CORPORATE COURT, SOUTH PLAINFIELD NJ 07080
Matthew B. Klein officer: Chief Development Officer C/O PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC., 100 CORPORATE COURT, SOUTH PLAINFIELD NJ 07080
Mark Elliott Boulding officer: Exec. VP and CLO C/O PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC., 100 CORPORATE COURT, SOUTH PLAINFIELD NJ 07080
Eric Pauwels officer: Chief Business Officer 550 HILLS DRIVE, BEDMINSTER NJ 07921
Christine Marie Utter officer: Principal Financial Officer C/O PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC., 100 CORPORATE COURT, SOUTH PLAINFIELD NJ 07080
Lee Scott Golden officer: Chief Medical Officer 17199 N. LAUREL PARK DRIVE, SUITE 401, LIVONIA MI 48152
Michael Schmertzler director 110 WASHINGTON STREET, SUITE 1300, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428
Pierre Gravier officer: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER C/O PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC., 100 CORPORATE COURT, SOUTH PLAINFIELD NJ 07080
Alethia Young director C/O GRAPHITE BIO, INC., 201 HASKINS WAY, SUITE 210, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Bell William F. Jr. director C/O PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC., 100 CORPORATE COURT, SOUTH PLAINFIELD NJ 07080
Emma Reeve director C/O PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, 195 WEST STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
Allan Steven Jacobson director PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC., 100 CORPORATE COURT, SOUTH PLAINFIELD NJ 07080
David P Southwell director C/O INOTEK PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION, 91 HARTWELL AVENUE, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Emily Luisa Hill officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC., 100 CORPORATE COURT, SOUTH PLAINFIELD NJ 07080
Stuart Walter Peltz director, officer: Chief Executive Officer PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC., 100 CORPORATE COURT, SOUTH PLAINFIELD NJ 07080