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Netgear (Netgear) 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. Netgear's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.9 Mil. Netgear's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.0 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Netgear Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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


NTGR's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 12.69
* 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.


Netgear Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Netgear'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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Netgear Annual Data
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Netgear Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Netgear'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.


Netgear Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Netgear's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Netgear 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.

Netgear'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, Netgear's Interest Expense was $0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-32.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $29.7 Mil.

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

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Netgear's Interest Expense was $0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-2.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $29.7 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Netgear'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.


Netgear  (NAS:NTGR) 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 .


Netgear Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Netgear (Netgear) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
350 East Plumeria Drive, San Jose, CA, USA, 95134
Netgear Inc is a provider of networking solutions. The reportable segments of the company are connected home, and Small and Medium Businesses (SMB). The Connected Home segment focuses on consumers and consists of high-performance, dependable, and easy-to-use 4G/5G mobile, Wi-Fi internet networking solutions and smart devices such as Orbi Voice smart speakers and Meural digital canvas; and SMB focused on small and medium-sized businesses and consists of business networking, storage, wireless LAN and security solutions that bring enterprise-class functionality to small and medium-sized businesses at an affordable price.
Executives
Andrew Wonki Kim officer: SVP, Legal and Corp. Dev. 892 RUSSET DR., SUNNYVALE CA 94087
Martin Westhead officer: CTO 350 E. PLUMERIA DR., SAN JOSE CA 95134
Heidi Cormack officer: SVP, Marketing 350 E. PLUMERIA DR., SAN JOSE CA 95134
Vikram Mehta officer: SVP, CBU 350 E. PLUMERIA DR., SAN JOSE CA 95134
Michael A Werdann officer: SVP of Worldwide Sales 4500 GREAT AMERICAN PARKWAY, C/O NETGEAR INC, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Laura Durr director C/O XPERI HOLDING CORPORATION, 3025 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Mark G Merrill officer: Chief Technology Officer
Patrick Cs Lo director, officer: Chairman and CEO
Shravan Goli director 1040 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10016
David John Henry officer: SVP, Home Networking 350 E. PLUMERIA DR., SAN JOSE CA 95134
Thomas H Waechter director
Michael F Falcon officer: SVP, Operations
Tamesa Rogers officer: SVP, Human Resources 350 EAST PLUMERIA DR, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Murray Bryan officer: CFO 350 E. PLUMERIA DR., SAN JOSE CA 95134
Gregory J Rossman director 500 NYALA FARM RD, WESTPORT CT 06880