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Workhorse Group (Workhorse Group) 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. Workhorse Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-35.17 Mil. Workhorse Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-10.20 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


WKHS's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Vehicles & Parts industry.
Industry Median: 7.57
* 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.


Workhorse Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Workhorse Group'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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Workhorse Group Annual Data
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Workhorse Group Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Workhorse Group'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.


Workhorse Group Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Workhorse Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Workhorse Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Workhorse Group 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.

Workhorse Group'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, Workhorse Group's Interest Expense was $-8.73 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-105.30 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5.28 Mil.

Workhorse Group did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Workhorse Group's Interest Expense was $-10.20 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-35.17 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5.28 Mil.

Workhorse Group did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Workhorse Group  (NAS:WKHS) 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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Workhorse Group (Workhorse Group) Business Description

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Address
3600 Park 42 Drive, Suite 160E, Sharonville, OH, USA, 45241
Workhorse Group Inc is a technology company. It designs, develops, manufactures, and sells high-performance, medium-duty trucks with powertrain components under the Workhorse chassis brand. The company's products include trucks comprising powertrain and chassis. Its powertrain products include E-GEN and E-100. E-GEN is an electric drive, transmission-free system, which has a gasoline/propane or compressed natural gas (CNG) engine that functions as an auxiliary generator. E-100, an all-electric, medium-duty truck, is an electric power train. The company generates key revenue from the Automotive Revenue which consists of sales of any of its E-GEN or E-100 platforms.
Executives
Jean Botti director 3600 PARK 42 DRIVE, SUITE 160E, SHARONVILLE OH 45241
Brandon Torres Declet director C/O MEASURE GLOBAL INC., 1701 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE NW, STE 05-103, WASHINGTON DC 20036
Stanley Raymond March officer: VP, Business Development 100 COMMERCE DRIVE, LOVELAND OH 45140
Michael Laurence Clark director 828 PRESIDENT STREET, BROOKLYN NY 11215
Jacqueline A Dedo director 3939 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, MAUMEE OH 43537
Raymond Joseph Chess director 1084 ANDANTE CT, OXFORD MI 48370
Richard F Dauch director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O SPARTAN MOTORS INC, 1541 REYNOLDS ROAD, CHARLOTTE MI 48813
Harry Demott director C/O WORKHORSE GROUP INC.,, 100 COMMERCE DRIVE, LOVELAND OH 45140
Austin Scott Miller director 100 COMMERCE STREET, LOVELAND OH 45140
James Peters officer: VP, Supply Chain Management 100 COMMERCE STREET, LOVELAND OH 45140
Pamela S. Mader director 2522 N 600 E, CRAIGVILLE IN 46731
Quigley William G Iii director
Joshua Joseph Anderson officer: Chief Technology Officer 100 COMMERCE DRIVE, LOVELAND OH 45140
Ryan Wesley Gaul officer: President, Commercial Vehicles 21680 HAGGERTY ROAD, NORTHVILLE MI 48167
John Wesley Graber officer: President, Aerospace C/O ABX AIR, INC., 145 HUNTER DRIVE, WILMINGTON OH 45039