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Heico (HEI) Interest Coverage

: 4.67 (As of Jan. 2024)
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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. Heico's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $180 Mil. Heico's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-39 Mil. Heico's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 4.67. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

HEI' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.41   Med: 31.7   Max: 77.8
Current: 6.41


HEI's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
54.63% of 216 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 7.04 vs HEI: 6.41

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


Heico Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Heico'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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Heico Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.07 28.62 53.93 77.80 8.57

Heico Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 21.33 13.81 12.32 4.36 4.67

Competitive Comparison

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Heico'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.


Heico Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Heico's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Heico 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.

Heico's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023, Heico's Interest Expense was $-73 Mil. Its Operating Income was $625 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,460 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Oct. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Oct. 2023 )
=-1*625.339/-72.984
=8.57

Heico's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, Heico's Interest Expense was $-39 Mil. Its Operating Income was $180 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,496 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*180.21/-38.607
=4.67

* 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.


Heico  (NYSE:HEI) 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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Heico (HEI) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3000 Taft Street, Hollywood, FL, USA, 33021
Heico is an aerospace and defense supplier that focuses on creating niche replacement parts for commercial aircraft and components for defense products. In commercial aerospace, Heico is the largest independent producer of replacement aircraft parts, primarily for engines. In the defense market, the company produces niche subcomponents used in targeting technology as well as simulation equipment, among other things. It operates as two segments: the flight support group,or FSG, and the electronic technologies group, or ETG, both of which supply the aerospace and defense sectors to different degrees. The company is highly acquisitive, focusing on companies in similar or adjacent markets that are generating strong cash flow with the potential for growth.
Executives
Carol F. Fine director 3000 TAFT STREET, HOLLYWOOD FL 33021
Laurans A Mendelson director, 10 percent owner, officer: COB and CEO
Wolfgang Mayrhuber director C/O HEICO, 3000 TAFT STREET, HOLLYWOOD FL 33021
Adolfo Henriques director C/O UNION PLANTERS CORP, 6200 POPLAR AVE, MEMPHIS TN 38119
Julie Neitzel director 3000 TAFT STREET, HOLLYWOOD FL 33021
Mark H Hildebrandt director 3000 TAFT STREET, HOLLYWOOD FL 33021
Frank J Schwitter director 45 SUTTON PLACE SOUTH APT. 12G, NEW YORK X1 10022
Eric A Mendelson director, officer: Co-President
Victor H Mendelson director, officer: Executive Vice President
Thomas M Culligan director 3000 TAFT STREET, HOLLYWOOD FL 33021
Alan Schriesheim director 3000 TAFT STREET, HOLLYWOOD FL 33021
Thomas S Irwin officer: Executive Vice President, CFO 3000 TAFT STREET, HOLLYWOOD FL 33021
Steven M Walker officer: Chief Accounting Officer 3000 TAFT STREET, HOLLYWOOD FL 33021
Samuel L Higginbottom director
Carlos L Macau officer: EVP-CFO & Treasurer 3000 TAFT STREET, HOLLYWOOD FL 33021