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Vistagen Therapeutics (Vistagen Therapeutics) Interest Coverage

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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. Vistagen Therapeutics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-7.88 Mil. Vistagen Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


VTGN's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 144.99
* 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.


Vistagen Therapeutics Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vistagen 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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Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Vistagen 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.


Vistagen Therapeutics Interest Coverage Distribution

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

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



Vistagen 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.

Vistagen Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Vistagen Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $-0.02 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-59.27 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.13 Mil.

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

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Vistagen Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-7.88 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.72 Mil.

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

* 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.


Vistagen Therapeutics  (NAS:VTGN) 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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Vistagen Therapeutics (Vistagen Therapeutics) Business Description

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Address
343 Allerton Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, USA, 94080
Vistagen Therapeutics Inc is a biotechnology firm. The company is in its clinical stage and engaged in developing and commercializing product candidates for patients with diseases and disorders involving the central nervous system. The company's pipeline includes six product candidates, including five clinical-stage investigational agents belonging to a new class of drugs known as pherines. The portfolio of the company includes PH94B, a novel neuroactive nasal spray; PH10, an odorless, fast-acting synthetic neurosteroid and AV-101, an oral antagonist of the glycine site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) which is the Company is developing for the treatment of MDD, suicidal ideation, neuropathic pain, levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) and epilepsy.
Executives
Joshua S. Prince officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 343 ALLERTON AVE., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Cynthia Lynn Anderson officer: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER C/O VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 343 ALLERTON AVE., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Commodore Capital Lp 10 percent owner 444 MADISON AVENUE, 35TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jerry B Gin director 343 ALLERTON AVE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Reid G. Adler officer: CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER C/O VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 343 ALLERTON AVE., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94090
Shawn Singh director, officer: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER C/O VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 343 ALLERTON AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner 7 BRYANT PARK, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Vhcp Management Ii, Llc 10 percent owner 7 BRYANT PARK, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Vhcp Management Eg, Llc 10 percent owner 3340 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners Eg, L.p. 10 percent owner 3340 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Vhcp Co-investment Holdings Iii, Llc 10 percent owner 7 BRYANT PARK, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Bong Y Koh 10 percent owner 7 BRYANT PARK, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Vhcp Co-investment Holdings Ii, Llc 10 percent owner 7 BRYANT PARK, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Nimish P Shah 10 percent owner 7 BRYANT PARK, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK CITY NY 10018
Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners Iii, L.p. 10 percent owner 530 FIFTH AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036

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