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Varex Imaging (Varex Imaging) Interest Coverage

: 0.64 (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. Varex Imaging's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.2 Mil. Varex Imaging's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-6.6 Mil. Varex Imaging's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.64. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

VREX' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.92   Med: 2.89   Max: 195.56
Current: 2.59


VREX's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
87.09% of 426 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 19.84 vs VREX: 2.59

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


Varex Imaging Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Varex Imaging'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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Varex Imaging Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.39 - 1.92 2.42 2.89

Varex Imaging 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 1.88 2.36 3.61 3.74 0.64

Competitive Comparison

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Varex Imaging'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.


Varex Imaging Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Varex Imaging's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Varex Imaging 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.

Varex Imaging's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023, Varex Imaging's Interest Expense was $-26.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $77.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $464.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*77.1/-26.7
=2.89

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Varex Imaging's Interest Expense was $-6.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $4.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $464.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*4.2/-6.6
=0.64

* 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.


Varex Imaging  (NAS:VREX) 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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Varex Imaging (Varex Imaging) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1678 South Pioneer Road, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 84104
Varex Imaging Corp designs and manufactures X-ray imaging components. It operates in two segments Medical and Industrial. The Medical segment, which is the key revenue driver, designs, manufactures, sells, and services X-ray imaging components comprising X-ray tubes, digital flat panel image detectors, high voltage connectors, ionization chambers, and buckys among others. The Industrial segment designs, manufactures, sells, and services Linatron X-ray accelerators, X-ray tubes, digital flat panel detectors and high voltage connectors among others. It has manufacturing, research, and development operation in the United States, Europe, Philippines and China, and sales and service operations throughout the world.
Executives
Kimberley E. Honeysett officer: Vice President and Secretary 1678 S. PIONEER ROAD, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84104
Jay K. Kunkel director 21557 TELEGRAPH ROAD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48033
Ruediger Naumann-etienne director
Kathleen Bardwell director 9 BLACKBERRY DRIVE, HUDSON OH 44236
Sunny Sanyal director, officer: President and CEO 1678 S. PIONEER ROAD, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84104
Kevin Bruce Yankton officer: Controller & CAO 1678 S. PIONEER ROAD, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84104
Andrew Hartmann officer: SVP Sales & Marketing, Medical 1678 S. PIONEER ROAD, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84104
Timothy E Guertin director C/O VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC, 3100 HANSEN WAY M/S E-327, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Shubham Maheshwari officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC., 1 TERMINAL DRIVE, PLAINVIEW NY 11803
Brian W Giambattista officer: SVP and GM, X-ray Detectors 1678 SOUTH PIONEER ROAD, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84104
Erich R Reinhardt director VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC, 3100 HANSEN WAY MAIL STOP E327, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Mark S. Jonaitis officer: SVP and GM, X-Ray Sources 1678 S. PIONEER ROAD, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84104
Clarence R Verhoef officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC, 3100 HANSEN WAY MAIL STOP E327, PALO ALTO CA 95035
Rosebrough Walter M Jr director 5960 HEISLEY ROAD, MENTOR OH 44060
Carl E. Lacasce officer: SVP, Sales & Marketing 1678 S. PIONEER ROAD, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84104